5 ways to increase organ donation and transplant
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Setting travel safety standards for organ recovery teams
Transplant and OPO team members continue to be injured in ground transportation accidents, resulting in the loss of productive clinical years. Many of these incidents are avoidable. New methods of organ transport are needed.
Updated Median MELD at Transplant scores take effect Sept. 23
September 9, 2020
Calculations are updated twice each year.
NLRB HCC extension automatic approval to take effect Sept. 10
August 24, 2020
On Sept. 10, an NLRB enhancement will allow automatic system approval of an exception extension request for any candidate meeting standardized criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Policy implementation notice: National Liver Review Board enhancements effective August 4
August 5, 2020
Review these NLRB enhancements, implemented on Aug. 4, to determine any impact on your clinical practice.
Liver recipient Colleen Reed, Ph.D.
June 24, 2020
Hear from liver recipient Colleen Reed, Ph.D., about why she chooses to volunteer her time with UNOS.
System notice: Reactivation of liver candidates to MELD or PELD score without entering new lab values
May 6, 2020
Effective May 6, 2020, a transplant program reactivating a liver transplant candidate to a MELD or PELD status in Waitlist is no longer required to input updated lab values to support the listing.
Pre-implementation system notice: Reactivation of liver candidates to MELD or PELD score without entering new lab values
April 29, 2020
Effective May 6, 2020, a transplant program reactivating a liver transplant candidate to a MELD or PELD status in Waitlist will no longer be required to input updated lab values to support the listing.
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