Programs and projects
Discover which programs, projects, and collaborations are currently underway in donation and transplant care. Or read the results of completed pilots and projects.
New Donor Dossier Program
With the New Donor Dossier (NDD) program, the NTS supports a smart and future-proof donation and transplantation process for organs and tissues in the Netherlands.
Donor Recognition Optimization Project
In the Optimizing Donor Recognition project, we have improved the first three steps of the donation process. These are: donor recognition, consultation, and the donation conversation.
Tissue Chain Optimization Program
In the tissue chain optimization program, we are working with partners on a future-proof design for the chain.
PROMs Transplant Care Project
In the PROMs Transplant Care project, healthcare professionals from all Dutch university medical centers are developing a uniform set of PROMs for national use in transplant care.
Cross-over+ Project
The cross-over program is for patients with a living kidney donor who can donate, but not to them. By matching pairs through the program, an exchange becomes possible.
CT Scan Pilot for Better Donor Screening
This NTS pilot investigates the added value of CT scans in the screening of organ donors.
Implementing Image Sharing Project
The Implementing Image Sharing project makes it possible to share images from donor hospitals anonymously. The project will be completed in November 2025.
Efficient collaboration through new heart valve application
All processes surrounding heart valve donation and allocation have been renewed. Together with our chain partners, we developed a new, efficient application that supports the entire process.
Tissue Donation Coordinator (TDC) pilot
The NTS conducted a pilot on the deployment of tissue donation coordinators to assist doctors in the donation procedure. What was the result?
VobO pilot
In a pilot, the NTS investigated the value of early support for organ donation. The results were positive and the method has now been implemented nationwide.
Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Point project
As of July 1, 2026, the Reporting Point for Organ Transplant Travel will be housed at the NTS. The reporting point is intended to gain insight into foreign transplants of Dutch patients.
What are we currently working on?
The NTS continuously works with collaborative partners to optimize donation and transplant care.
Examples of programs and projects currently underway:
- Two major programs: New Donor Dossier and Optimization of the tissue chain.
- A large national study on aNRP.
- A national set of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for organ transplant care.
- Project Cross-over+, which also gives difficult-to-transplant kidney patients a better chance at a suitable donor.
We also share information here about pilots and projects that have been successfully completed. What did the pilot yield and how are we applying this in practice?
National study on aNRP
A randomized study is underway in 3 Dutch liver centers. The researchers want to know whether abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (aNRP) can keep abdominal organs from deceased donors better suited for transplantation than the usual cold perfusion outside the body.