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Implementation notice: Changes to thoracic donor acceptance criteria

Implementation notice: Changes to thoracic donor acceptance criteria

Mar 9, 2023 | Heart/lung, News, UNet℠ system changes

Effective today (March 9), thoracic donor acceptance criteria for candidates no longer require separate data to be specified for both local and import donors.

Coming soon: Implementation of continuous distribution of lungs

Coming soon: Implementation of continuous distribution of lungs

Feb 3, 2023 | Heart/lung, News, Policy changes, UNet℠ system changes

Expected to be effective March 9, lungs will be allocated under the approved continuous distribution allocation policy.

Implementation notice: Changes to thoracic donor acceptance criteria

Pre-implementation notice: Changes coming to donor acceptance criteria

Feb 2, 2023 | Heart/lung, News, UNet℠ system changes

Expected to be effective March 9, thoracic donor acceptance criteria for candidates will no longer require separate data to be specified for both local and import donors.

UNet user audit now open

UNet user audit now open

Jan 31, 2023 | News, UNet℠ system changes

The UNet user audit is now open and will close Tuesday, Feb. 28, close of business.

Implementation notice: CPRA calculation change

Implementation notice: CPRA calculation change

Jan 26, 2023 | Equity, Histocompatibility, Kidney/pancreas, News, UNet℠ system changes

CPRA >98% signatures must be entered in Waitlist for the candidate to receive additional allocation priority.

Match Summary view now available in DonorNet desktop

Match Summary view now available in DonorNet desktop

Jan 25, 2023 | News, UNet℠ system changes

UNOS IT staff and the work group at the 2022 TMF Collaboration Event made this effort possible.

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UNOS sets the record straight

To set the record straight and correct some false information, UNOS is fact-checking statements made during the
House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee hearing titled “A Year Removed: Oversight of Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act Implementation.

Implementation notice: Standardize six-minute walk for lung allocation

New policy requirement in effect that requires lung transplant programs to perform an oxygen titration test ahead of initial the six-minute walk test.

Notice of data privacy event

As part of our ongoing response to a data privacy event first identified and self-reported to the government in November 2023, UNOS has issued letters to individuals whose personal information was present in the affected IT environments when the event was discovered....

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