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U.S. set lifesaving organ donation and transplant records in 2022
Selfless deceased donors make 12-year record-setting trend possible.
UNOS advances plan to restructure transplant network governance to best serve patients
To increase autonomy and transparency to better serve the nation’s transplant patients, UNOS recommends a restructure of respective boards of directors and to establish the OPTN as an independent non-profit entity.
Change addressing disparity for black kidney patients takes effect
New policy allows for waiting time adjustments for those disadvantaged by the use of race-based measures of kidney health.
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Organ transplants are increasing
- 2023: More than 46,000 organ transplants performed and total kidney transplants exceeded 27,000
- 2022: U.S. surpassed historic milestone of 1 million transplants
- Liver transplants increased by 4.3 percent since policy implementation
- 29% increase in kidney transplants with policy change
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- About deceased organ donation
- Who decides who gets a donated organ?
- Who does what: The national organ transplant system
- Organ Procurement Organizations: Increasing organ donation
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Strengthening organ donation and transplant
- Collaborating to support donation and transplant internationally.
- The waitlist is better described as a giant pool of patients. Watch a video
- The transplant journey and the technology that drives it
Working together: Our nation’s organ donation and transplant system
- The nation’s system functions as a public-private partnership. View a diagram of its structure
- The OPTN, HRSA and CMS have different roles. Learn about the roles
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a nonprofit organization focused on saving lives. UNOS’ portfolio encompasses organ donation and transplantation, as well as broader public health projects, through its work developing new technologies and initiatives, conducting data-driven research and analysis, providing expert consulting services, advocating for patients, and being a leader in bringing communities together to save lives. For more than 40 years, UNOS has helped build a national donation and transplantation system that serves as a model around the world.
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Serving as the OPTN, UNOS has collected data on every organ donation and transplant event occurring in the U.S. since October 1, 1987.
Equity in access
Monitors trends related to access to deceased donor transplants among active transplant candidates.
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