Effective Thursday, June 18, 2020, VCA offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor. This replaces the previous distribution unit, which had been the OPTN region of the donor hospital.
Refinements to kidney and pancreas policy to be adopted with new policy approved in December 2019.
Begining June 30, 2020, lung and heart-lung transplant programs will be required to provide additional data.
Solid organ transplants of any organ type may now be performed under the terms of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act.
Effective June 18, vascular composite allograft offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor.
Effective May 6, 2020, a transplant program reactivating a liver transplant candidate to a MELD or PELD status in Waitlist is no longer required to input updated lab values to support the listing.