Vessel Container Labels Required by Policy as of February 1, 2012
A policy change approved at the November 2011 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors meeting will require that all rigid containers holding vessels be labeled.
A policy change approved at the November 2011 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors meeting will require that all rigid containers holding vessels be labeled.
Beginning February 1, 2012, living donor transplant programs will be required by policy to use new living donor labels when they package and ship living donor organs.
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In June 2011, the UNOS/OPTN Board of Directors approved the implementation of a system for monitoring OPOs with regard to donor yield (defined as the number of organs transplanted).
Policy 3.7.12.1, Essential Information for Thoracic offers, contains a list of donor information that the Host OPO or donor center must provide to the recipient center with each thoracic organ offer.