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Candidate data reporting due to COVID-19 impact will expire April 11

Candidate data reporting due to COVID-19 impact will expire April 11

Mar 29, 2022 | COVID19, News, Policy changes

Emergency policy had been approved for a 90-day period.

Two new transplant performance metrics to implement July 14, 2022

Two new transplant performance metrics to implement July 14, 2022

Mar 2, 2022 | News, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

Educational resources are in development.

Implementation notice: Clarification of multi-organ allocation policy, changes in DonorNet

Implementation notice: Clarification of multi-organ allocation policy, changes in DonorNet

Feb 10, 2022 | News, OPO, Policy changes, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

These changes provide OPOs clearer direction when offering multi-organ combinations.

Updates to National Liver Review Board guidance and policy in effect

Updates to National Liver Review Board guidance and policy in effect

Jan 24, 2022 | Liver/intestine, News, Policy changes

Updates stem from a systematic review of NLRB policy and guidance.

Implementation notice: Clarification of multi-organ allocation policy, changes in DonorNet

Pre-implementation notice: Clarification of multi-organ allocation policy

Jan 13, 2022 | News, OPO, Policy changes, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

Changes in DonorNet effective Feb. 10.

Implementation notice: Clarification of multi-organ allocation policy, changes in DonorNet

Candidate data reporting policy action reinstated due to COVID-19 impact

Jan 11, 2022 | COVID19, News, Policy changes

Effective immediately, OPTN Policy 1.4.F has been reinstated, addressing data submission requirements for transplant candidates in cases where data collection is affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Implementation notice: Standardize six-minute walk for lung allocation

New policy requirement in effect that requires lung transplant programs to perform an oxygen titration test ahead of initial the six-minute walk test.

Notice of data privacy event

As part of our ongoing response to a data privacy event first identified and self-reported to the government in November 2023, UNOS has issued letters to individuals whose personal information was present in the affected IT environments when the event was discovered....

Pre-implementation notice: Standardize six-minute walk for lung allocation

A new policy requirement is going in effect that will require lung transplant programs to perform an oxygen titration test ahead of the initial six-minute walk test.

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