[The impact of the COVID‒19 pandemic on organ donation and transplantation in Hungary in 2020].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A SARS-CoV-2-világjárvány terjedése drasztikus változásokat okozott a mindennapi betegellátásban, amelyek érintették a szervadományozás és -átültetés területét is, így csökkent az élő és az elhunyt donorokból történő donációk és transzplantációk száma világszerte. Az esetszám csökkenése mellett a transzplantált és egyben immunszupprimált betegek védelme érdekében további biztonsági intézkedéseket kellett bevezetni.

The First 5 Years of the Newest Eurotransplant Member State: Hungarian Results of International Organ Exchange From 2014 to 2018.

Introduction: Hungary joined Eurotransplant International (ET) to improve the chance of transplantation for Hungarian patients and patient outcomes, including access and graft and patient survival. After 5 years of full membership, the evaluation of numbers and quality indicators is possible.

Method: A comparison was made between 5 years prior to a preliminary cooperation agreement (2007-2011) and 5 years after full ET membership (2014-2018).

The effect of differing kidney disease treatment modalities and organ donation and transplantation practices on health expenditure and patient outcomes.

The Effect of Differing Kidney Disease Treatment Modalities and Organ Donation and Transplantation Practices on Health Expenditure and Patient Outcomes (EDITH) aims to obtain information on long-term kidney transplant outcomes, long-term health outcomes of living kidney donors and detailed outcomes and costs related to the different treatment modalities of end-stage kidney disease. Nine partners from seven European Union countries will participate in this project.

Exchange of best practices within the European Union: surgery standardization of abdominal organ retrieval.

Considering the growing organ demand worldwide, it is crucial to optimize organ retrieval and training of surgeons to reduce the risk of injury during the procedure and increase the quality of organs to be transplanted. In the Netherlands, a national complete trajectory from training of surgeons in procurement surgery to the quality assessment of the procured organs was implemented in 2010. This mandatory trajectory comprises training and certification modules: E-learning, training on the job, and a practical session.

Results of a multilateral approach to donation-transplantation process in Hungary in the past 2 years.

Hungarotransplant Public Service Corporation, the national organ exchange organization, was established in 2001. The assessment of donation- and transplantation-related data allows the evaluation of the current situation and future trends. The donor reports show involvement of new hospitals and an increase in reported donors.