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Update: CPRA calculation

Update: CPRA calculation

The new formula for Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA) will now go into effect on Jan. 26, 2023. 

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Kidney – Pancreas

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Liver – Intestine

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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...

Improving the system together

When minutes matter

When minutes matter

A look at the intersecting challenges in organ transportation and a call for government and industry leaders to join the donation and transplant community in finding national-level solutions that ensure donor organs get safely to patients in need.

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Martha Pavlakis, M.D.

“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”

Martha Pavlakis, M.D. on new policies that put patients first

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Policy monitoring

Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources

Collaboration

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Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy

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From UNOS leaders

Thank you for being part of a record-setting 2022

But before we take a look at the numbers, it’s important to remember the lives behind the data. No record or trend would be possible without the priceless gifts given by generous donors and their families.

From the community

“For us and everyone else in the transplant community, the ultimate form of equity means providing a transplant for every single patient that needs one.”

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Matthew Cooper, M.D., Cooperation for the best patient outcomes

Matthew Cooper, M.D. emphasizes collaboration before nation’s transplant surgeons

The best outcome for patients in this country will be achieved by working together collaboratively to drive improvement rather than being divided.

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Driving system-wide progress to better serve patients

A package of proposals to make improvements across the nation’s organ donation and transplant system, promote public trust and most importantly, help us save more lives.

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Histocompatibility

Update: CPRA calculation

The new formula for Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA) will now go into effect on Jan. 26, 2023. 

What happened in public comment? See what the community had to say. View comments

1 million transplants

The U.S. surpassed 1 million transplants in 2022

The gifts of generous donors and their courageous families made several lifesaving transplant records possible.

Stories and tributes

Each person touched by organ donation transplant has a unique story. Threads of hope connect them. Find videos, stories and tributes

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