78 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
78.3 Description
- All national data on the candidate waiting list, organ donation and matching, and transplantation
- De-identified, adult and pediatric data
- All solid organs
78.4 Vintage/Release Frequency
SAFs are released quarterly (March, June, September, and December of each year) since 1987
78.5 Observational Unit
Candidates for transplant, recipients of solid organ transplants, deceased and living donors, donors procured for the purpose of transplantation, immunosuppression medications
78.6 Collection Methodology
- Primary source of data is the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
- OPTN collects data from transplant programs, organ procurement organizations (OPOs), and histocompatibility laboratories
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), contractor for OPTN, first developed the OPTN data collection system in 1986 under contract with HHS, and the system has since undergone numerous changes
78.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
- Online data dictionary available at https://www.srtr.org/requesting-srtr-data/saf-data-dictionary/
- Overview of data available at: https://www.srtr.org/about-the-data/the-srtr-database/