Mental Health Evaluation – This evaluation is conducted on both the recipient as well as the donor. This test analyses the extent of some of the major Social and psychological issues such as stress, support by the family and financial issues. These type of issues can hamper the final outcome of the transplant.

Blood Tests- Blood tests are mandatory in this situation and are done to find a perfect donor that is a good match for the recipient.

Blood Group Testing - It is very important test to detect patient’s blood type. The four blood types are-A, B, AB and O and everybody have got one of these four blood types. In the case of kidney transplantation the recipient and the donor should either have the same blood type or a compatible one.

The blood type that very easily matches with all other blood types is the AB blood type as the AB blood type people are universal acceptors. The hardest blood type to match is the O blood type as these people are universal donors and can donate the kidney to anybody but are not universal acceptors.

Diagnostic Tests- These tests are conducted to check the overall health of the donor as well as of the recipient. The tests include ultrasound, X-rays and kidney biopsy. For women patients some more tests are included such as gynecology evaluation, Pap test and a mammogram.

Tissue Typing - Tissue typing test which is also a form of blood test but is done to detect the human leukocyte antigens (HLA). This test is mandatorily performed on both the recipient and the donor during the process of evaluation. The transplants that are done with a perfect match have got higher success rate and better chances to last longer. The highest number of “perfect match” kidney transplant case has been noted to come from the siblings.

Crossmatch - In the crossmatch test the doctor mixes the recipients blood with that of the donor’s cells. If the result of the crossmatch test is positive then it means that the present antibodies are against the donor. In this case the recipient should not receive that particular kidney until and unless certain treatments are conducted to reduce the level of antibodies.

Serology - Some tests are even conducted to detect viruses such as hepatitis, HIV and CMV (cytomegalovirus) so that proper preventive medications can be supplied right after the transplant.