Reminder: register all candidates before transplant, including those receiving living donor organs
Policy change in place as of September 1, 2014.
OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approves policies regarding living donor evaluation and consent, donor disease risk assessment
The approved policies ensure thorough and consistent processes are used in the medical evaluation and informed consent process for living organ donors.
OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors places two member institutions on probation
Nebraska Organ Recovery System, the OPO serving the state of Nebraska; and Erie County Medical Center, a transplant hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. are both on probation. The circumstances leading to these two actions were not related.
Committee studies reported safety situations to share lessons learned with transplant professionals
Committee studies events reported through the UNOS patient safety portal.
Executive summary available for living kidney donation consensus conference
Eleven transplant-related societies, organizations and companies, including UNOS, sponsored and attended a living kidney donation consensus conference in Rosemont, IL on June 5-6, 2014.
OPTN/UNOS Board Places Baptist Memorial Hospital on Probation
Baptist Memorial Hospital is a member transplant hospital in Memphis, Tennessee that has been identified as having lower than expected heart transplant patient and graft survival rates since July 2010.