Aug 21, 2015 | News, Patient safety
On August 10 we implemented policy changes related to screening donor organs for infectious diseases. As a result, if your candidate was listed as willing to accept a Hepatitis B Core antibody positive organ, then the system also indicated YES for willingness to accept an HBV NAT positive organ.
Aug 12, 2015 | News, Patient safety
We sent the following system notice to UNet users today (Wed. Aug. 12). Please read it carefully if your center needs UNOS to help you update the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records to reflect that you are NOT willing to accept an organ from a donor who is HBV NAT positive and/or HCV NAT positive.
Dec 14, 2011 | News, Patient safety
Assisting members in their efforts to assure the safety of transplant patients and living donors is a top OPTN priority.
