Effective Thursday, June 18, 2020, VCA offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor. This replaces the previous distribution unit, which had been the OPTN region of the donor hospital.
Refinements to kidney and pancreas policy to be adopted with new policy approved in December 2019.
Begining June 30, 2020, lung and heart-lung transplant programs will be required to provide additional data.
The dashboard will provide overview of the status of the OPTN kidney paired donation data dashboard.
Solid organ transplants of any organ type may now be performed under the terms of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act.
In an effort to improve the UNetSM design and user experience, United Network for Organ Sharing is making improvements to the look and feel of the DonorNet application related to branding, color schemes, and workflows within the system.