COVID-19 vaccination timing and kidney transplant waitlist management: An international.
Yasar K CaliskanDavid A AxelrodAlexis GuenetteNgan N LamVivek B KuteTarek AlhamadMark A SchnitzlerKrista L LentinePublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
Practitioners in some countries are less willing to accept deceased donor organs for waitlist candidates with incomplete COVID-19 vaccination status and to wait longer before scheduling living donor transplant, compared to U.S. practices. Access to vaccinations and other resources may contribute to these differences. More research is needed to guide the optimal approach to vaccination before and after transplant. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.