As of Tuesday, Feb. 4, the liver and intestine distribution system based on acuity circles is in effect. This included a conversion of each transplant hospital’s median MELD at transplant (MMaT) score to reflect transplants performed at hospitals within a radius of 250 nautical miles.
The OPTN policy on addressing HLA typing errors will take effect on Feb. 27.
As requests for PTR corrections continue to be submitted occasionally, a reminder of a 2010 previous notice is being re-circulated.
The new DonorNet Mobile is built on a modern application framework that will be easier to rapidly develop and update than existing systems.
This will also include a conversion of each transplant hospital’s MMaT score to reflect transplants performed at hospitals within a radius of 250 miles.
Updated each week, the tool allows kidney transplant program staff the ability to quickly understand how many of their patients are active, inactive and the different reasons why.