Implementation notice: Data collection changes for lung and heart-lung candidates in effect
Phase one of two data collection changes for lung and heart-lung candidates has been implemented.
Phase one of two data collection changes for lung and heart-lung candidates has been implemented.
Several data collection changes for lung and heart-lung candidates will be implemented Dec. 13, 2023.
A recording will be made available afterward.
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Ad-hoc Multi Organ Transplantation Committee has implemented several safety net policies to ensure patients in need of multiple organ transplants to get priority when they become medically eligible.
Effective Sept. 27, 2023, the points assigned for blood type in lung allocation have been updated
Allocation of 10 Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) organs has been added to UNet, along with extensive changes to existing data collection forms across organs.