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New UNOS board officers begin service July 1
UNOS welcomes 19 new members to its 42-member Board of Directors, who will begin their term on July 1, 2023.
Augmented reality app aims to produce better images of donor organs
Proof-of-concept phase is exploring how this new tool could address a community need and increase organ utilization
Maureen McBride named CEO of UNOS
Interim CEO chosen to lead transplant organization through time of change, opportunity
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Kidney – Pancreas
Offer Filters Explorer tool updated
With the newly updated data, transplant programs can better understand how their Offer Filters would have affected the number of offers received recently.
Predictive analytics project to launch education in December 2022, is intended to increase organ utilization
All adult kidney programs will be able to evaluate organ offers using predictive data.
Implementation notice: Minimum kidney donor criteria established for biopsies
OPOs are now required to make a reasonable effort to perform renal procurement biopsies for deceased kidney donors meeting certain criteria.
Liver – Intestine
Six-month monitoring report now available for expedited liver policy
Report covers policy outcomes through Sept. 25, 2021.
Updated monitoring report of liver data shows increase in transplants, new policies having anticipated impact
Report addresses first 18 months of data following implementation of acuity circles.
Changes made to liver Status 1A and 1B justification forms
Updates follow a quality assurance review
Heart – Lung
Lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator coming February 2023
The lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator will be available on the OPTN website beginning Feb. 2, 2023.
Two-year monitoring report available for the elimination of the use of DSAs in heart allocation
A new data report contains key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in January 2020.
Exception pathway for heart device recalls approved by OPTN Board of Directors
The OPTN Board of Directors approved the modification to OPTN Policy 6.4: Adult and Pediatric Status Exceptions to be a permanent part of OPTN policy at their Dec. 5 board meeting.
VCA
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Improving the system together
How OPOs improve performance and increase transplants nationwide
Organ donations can be hard to get, but organ procurement organizations are educating communities to improve donation rates. Learn what they are doing here.
Reducing unwanted organ offers
A new UNOS pilot project tests ways to avoid unwanted offers, speed up organ allocation and transplant more organs.
LifeLink of Georgia increases African-American organ donation
Bobby Howard, Director of Multicultural Donation Education at LifeLink of Georgia talks about how building trust increases African-American organ donation
UNet
UNet user audit now open
Site security administrators have four weeks to conduct a required audit of their UNet users.
UNet user audit begins June 12
Starting June 12, site security administrators will have four weeks to conduct a required audit of their UNet users. It must be completed by July 10.
New image study viewer available in DonorNet
New image study viewer provides improved image quality, especially on mobile devices, along with enhancements to the viewer tools.
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
Policy changes
VCA coming to UNet Spring 2023
Audience VCA programs All UNetSM users (for awareness) Implementation date Spring 2023 At-a-glance Allocation of all Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) organs will be moving into UNet starting in the Spring of 2023. Additional details There is no action needed...
Pre-implementation notice: CPRA calculation change
This policy change is intended to more accurately reflect patient sensitization.
Updated MMaT scores in effect Sept. 28
Effective Sept. 28, 2022, the median MELD at transplant (MMaT) values for liver transplant candidates with exception scores will be updated.
Policy monitoring
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Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources
IN FOCUS
9th year of record-setting liver transplants
45 organ procurement organizations set all-time transplant records.
Collaboration
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Education
June 14 webinar addresses median MELD at transplant based on donor hospital
Upcoming policy change will align median MELD at transplant (MMaT) scores around the donor hospital and update sorting within liver allocation.
TMF 2022 presenter Olivia Kates, M.D., on the theory and practice of vaccine mandates
Transplant infectious disease doctor examines the factual and ethical issues involved in vaccine mandates.
Effective practices
Learn about collaborative improvement projects
Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy
Patient safety
Most recent update (Jan. 29) on the bacterial contamination of SPS-1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an additional Epi-X update regarding reports of potentially contaminated organ preservation solution. This is an update to information posted on January 12.
Need help updating the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records?
We sent the following system notice to UNet users today (Wed. Aug. 12). Please read it carefully if your center needs UNOS to help you update the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records to reflect that you are NOT willing to accept an organ from a donor who is HBV NAT positive and/or HCV NAT positive.
UNOS is your Partner in Patient Safety; Keep Us in the Loop!
Assisting members in their efforts to assure the safety of transplant patients and living donors is a top OPTN priority.
Transplant hospital
Lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator coming February 2023
The lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator will be available on the OPTN website beginning Feb. 2, 2023.
Coming soon: Predictive analytics for adult kidney offers
The goal is to help decision makers make evidence-based decisions to benefit candidates when determining whether to accept or refuse an offer.
7 years of HOPE
Implemented in 2015 , the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act has given more than 350 living with HIV an opportunity to receive a lifesaving transplant from an HIV-positive donor.
OPO
Four decades of lifesaving work: the Organ Center turns 40
The F.M. Kirby Foundation Organ Center is celebrating its 40th year of continuous operation without any service interruptions
Capital Pride: WRTC on being meaningful community advocates all year round
D.C. OPO’s LGBTQIA+ advocacy work increases organ donation.
OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates
The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.
Histocompatibility
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