Important Disease Transmission Reporting Clarification
December 7, 2017
Transplant professionals need to review the recently updated Notes section of the Pathogens of Special Interest document. If one of your recipients tests positive for HCV after their transplant, and they received an organ from an HCV Ab positive/NAT negative donor, you must report this on UNet’s Improving Patient Safety portal as a Disease Transmission […]
Improvements to Report of Organ Offers (ROO)
December 6, 2017
UNOS partnered with transplant professionals at AOPO’s Quality, Education and IT Councils Meeting to see how the Report of Organ Offers (ROO) could be improved.
Board addresses organ placement efficiency, en bloc kidney allocation
December 5, 2017
The adopted policy changes are intended to enhance the efficiency of the processes of offering and accepting donated organs for transplant candidates. In addition, the Board announced plans to convene an ad hoc Committee on Geography to advise the Board on common principles for more systematic evaluation of geographic aspects of organ distribution.
Board of Directors releases Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency from Member Not in Good Standing
December 5, 2017
At its meeting December 5, 2017, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors restored full member privileges for Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency (LAORA), an organ procurement organization providing services to six counties in South Florida.
Board approves enhanced liver distribution system
December 4, 2017
A set of policy amendments was approved to reduce geographic differences in liver transplant candidates’ access to a timely transplant.
At two years, HOPE Act still offering hope
December 1, 2017
Two years since its implementation, the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (also known as the HOPE Act) has continued to provide transplant opportunities for candidates with HIV who are willing to accept organ offers from HIV-positive donors.
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