The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, at its meeting December 1 and 2, approved amendments to lung allocation policy to provide more opportunities for candidates younger than 18 years of age to receive transplants from donors who are also younger than 18.
Potential allocation policy designed to increase pediatric lung candidates’ access to pediatric donor lungs is likely to increase transplant rates for children, with no major adverse effect on adult candidates, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Transplantation.
A webinar recording and other resources are available.
Read it in the Jan. 2015 issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.
Policies regarding the lung and heart review board process specify the Thoracic Committee’s role in reviewing appeals and overrides of Lung Review Board (LRB) and Heart Regional Review Board (RRB) decisions.
Modifications to the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) system will be implemented on February 19, 2015.