Annual record trend continues for deceased organ donation, deceased donor transplants
January 11, 2021
New records for deceased donation and deceased donor transplants; living donor transplants decreased largely due to COVID-19.
Voting opens Jan. 13, 2021, for Board election/Annual meeting of members
January 8, 2021
Voting opens Jan. 13, 2021 and the 2021 Annual Meeting of Members will be held Jan. 28, 2021.
COVID-19 update: Jan. 7, 2021
January 7, 2021
Upcoming requirements for COVID-19 testing data collection in DonorNet® Beginning Jan. 27, DonorNet will require users to report if COVID-19 testing was performed on the donor. Prior to sending electronic organ offers, OPO members must answer the question, “Was COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) testing performed on the donor?”. The question was added to the donor record in April […]
Upcoming requirements for COVID-19 testing data collection in DonorNet®
January 7, 2021
DonorNet will require users to report if COVID-19 testing was performed on the donor prior to sending an electronic organ offer.
LifeChoice Donor Services and New England Organ Bank to merge Jan. 1
December 23, 2020
The merger will create a single OPO that will serve nearly 200 hospitals and approximately 14 million New England residents.
In Memoriam: Robert Veatch, Ph.D.
December 23, 2020
UNOS honors the life and service of Robert M. Veatch, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of bioethics and a powerful advocate of its application to organ donation and transplantation.
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