HCC automatic approval criteria updated
December 12, 2017
Audience Liver Transplant Programs: Directors, Surgeons, Physicians, Administrators, Data Coordinators and Clinical Coordinators Please share this notice with anyone in your organization who would benefit from this information. Implementation December 12, 2017 Background In December 2016, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approved updates to criteria for automatic approval of exceptions for liver transplant candidates with […]
Adding HLA equivalency table screening to OPTN kidney paired donation system
December 7, 2017
We updated the UNet KPD system to use the HLA equivalency tables in OPTN Policy 4: Histocompatibility.
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.
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