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Making organ recovery transportation safer for transplant teams

Making organ recovery transportation safer for transplant teams

Jul 1, 2020 | In Focus, News

Despite a decade since a 2007 fatal plane crash involving a University of Michigan transplant team and pilots, there remain no federal standards regulating air and ground transportation of organ recovery personnel.

2019: Record-setting year for living donation

2019: Record-setting year for living donation

Feb 13, 2020 | In Focus, News

Education has become an essential tool transplant programs are using to increase understanding and awareness of the procedure.

How will the new liver system help pediatric patients?

How will the new liver system help pediatric patients?

Apr 2, 2019 | In Focus, News

More pediatric patients will receive transplants as a result of new OPTN liver distribution policy

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A ‘No Wrong Door’ system makes safety concerns easier to report

If someone experiences poor care or witnesses a problem related to organ donation or transplant, they shouldn’t have to navigate a maze of agencies to speak up, be heard and get a resolution.

Saving lives with pig livers: FDA approves new trial with a spin on an old treatment

Another promising medical trial could save lives thanks to genetically modified pigs. UNOS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Klein discusses this new development.

Understanding Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)

Understanding Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) by Andrew Klein, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, UNOS.

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