“Saving children is about preserving our future.”
February 10, 2020
Pediatric transplant surgeon George V. Mazariegos, M.D., on new liver distribution policy
UNOS welcomes new board members
February 7, 2020
Members of the national organ donation and transplantation community have elected 22 people to the UNOS Board of Directors.
Is natural language processing useful in predicting organ acceptance?
February 6, 2020
UNOS data scientists explore donor admission text to help understand and predict how kidney acceptance decisions are made
Field notification addresses perfusion circuit sample port
February 4, 2020
Recall affects specified lots of Organ Recovery Systems’ LKT200 Perfusion Circuit Sample Port
System notice: Liver and intestinal organ distribution based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4
February 4, 2020
As of Tuesday, Feb. 4, the liver and intestine distribution system based on acuity circles is in effect. This included a conversion of each transplant hospital’s median MELD at transplant (MMaT) score to reflect transplants performed at hospitals within a radius of 250 nautical miles.
New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system in effect Feb. 4, 2020
February 4, 2020
New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4, 2020
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