Expanded HLA typing requirements coming Jan. 21, 2016
Find out how labs, OPOs, and transplant centers need to prepare.
MTS, Donor Alliance Receive Baldrige Recognition
Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS) was recently named as one of four recipients of the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence.
OPTN/UNOS Board Declares Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency a Member Not in Good Standing
At its meeting today, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors declared Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency (LAORA) to be a “Member Not in Good Standing.”
OPO Staff Need to be Aware of Critical Changes to the DonorNet XML Schema
It is critically important that you and any of your staff responsible for overseeing IT vendors are aware of some UNetSM system changes that will take place on Aug. 10, 2015 from 6:30a.m. until 8:00a.m.
OPOs must use new sterile internal vessels label beginning Sept. 1, 2015
The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors recently approved a policy change that requires OPOs to use a new sterile internal vessels label.
Study suggests little increase in number of potential organ donors
transplant opportunities may exist in expanding donor acceptance criteria