If values for these new fields are not typed for and entered into the system, Organ Procurement Organizations will not be able to make organ offers to transplant centers for kidney, kidney-pancreas, pancreas, or pancreas islets.
We will make policy and system changes to require HLA typing for kidney paired donation (KPD) donors and candidates, in order to be eligible for match runs in the OPTN KPD program.
OPTN Policy 9.1 has been updated to include serum sodium as a factor in the calculation of the MELD score.
These changes to the homepage are just the beginning of a number of enhancements planned to improve your experience.
On February 4, 2016, Waitlist will be updated to allow liver transplant programs to apply an “Override” MELD/PELD exception score in cases where an exception request to the Regional Review Board (RRB) is either denied or in an indeterminate status. This replaces an earlier process that had been known as “No Appeal/No Withdraw.”