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Public Comment open from July 27 through Sept. 19, 2023

Public Comment open from July 27 through Sept. 19, 2023

Jul 27, 2023 | Collaborative improvement, Get involved, Histocompatibility, News, OPO, Patient, Patient safety, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

The OPTN is offering 14 items for review.

New candidate inactivation code available for multi-organ transplant candidates

New candidate inactivation code available for multi-organ transplant candidates

Jul 20, 2023 | Heart/lung, Kidney/pancreas, Liver/intestine, News, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

The new code (“Candidate requires multi-organ TX only, isolated offers not accepted”) will exclude the candidate from receiving offers of the specified individual organ type(s).

An important message from the MPSC on reducing risk and ensuring patient safety

An important message from the MPSC on reducing risk and ensuring patient safety

Jul 7, 2023 | News, OPO, Patient safety, Transplant hospital

The Membership and Professional Standards Committee shares opportunities for improvement with OPTN members.

Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting

Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting

Jun 30, 2023 | Histocompatibility, News, OPO, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting to be implemented following policy changes approved by the OPTN Board of Directors.

Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting

Pre-implementation notice: New transplant performance metric to go into effect July 27

Jun 27, 2023 | News, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

A new risk-adjusted pre-transplant performance monitoring metric – the offer acceptance rate ratio – will take effect July 27, 2023. 

UNet user audit now open

UNet user audit now open

Jun 12, 2023 | News, OPO, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

Site security administrators have four weeks to conduct a required audit of their UNet users.

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