OPTN/UNOS Board approves national board to review exception priority for liver transplant candidates, guidance document for transplant candidate education
June 8, 2017
The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, at its meeting June 5 and 6, approved a national system to assign liver allocation priority for candidates with exceptional medical conditions.
New fields added in Waitlist to help you prepare for simultaneous liver-kidney allocation (SLK) policy changes
June 7, 2017
New fields were added in Waitlist that reflect an upcoming policy change for liver and kidney candidates.
Guidance regarding donor Toxoplasma screening and organ acceptance
June 6, 2017
Some additional information to help you decide whether to accept organ offers from donors with a positive or pending Toxo screening result. Also information on how best to treat Toxo-negative recipients of organs from Toxo-positive donors.
OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors releases Methodist Hospital Laboratory from probation
June 5, 2017
The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors restored full member privileges for the Histocompatibility and Immunology Laboratory at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
OPTN/UNOS Board Places Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital on Probation
June 5, 2017
Froedtert Hospital is a transplant hospital located in Milwaukee, Wis.
UNOS announces national donor memorial award winner
June 5, 2017
This is the first time in the award’s history that it was bestowed upon the family member of an organ recipient.
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