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2020: Most lives ever saved by deceased donors. 6% increase in deceased donors over 2019. More than 33,000 life-saving transplants from deceased donors. 10th record year in a row for deceased donation. Based on OPTN data as of 01/11/21. Data subject to change based on future data submission or correction.

Annual record trend continues for deceased organ donation, deceased donor transplants

New records for deceased donation and deceased donor transplants; living donor transplants decreased largely due to COVID-19.


Board of Directors election 2021

Voting opens Jan. 13, 2021, for Board election/Annual meeting of members

Voting opens Jan. 13, 2021 and the 2021 Annual Meeting of Members will be held Jan. 28, 2021.


UNOS news related to COVID-19 and transplantation

COVID-19 update: Jan. 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 […]


UNOS news related to COVID-19 and transplantation

Upcoming requirements for COVID-19 testing data collection in DonorNet®

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

The merger will create a single OPO that will serve nearly 200 hospitals and approximately 14 million New England residents.


Smiling photo of Robert Veatch, PhD

In Memoriam: Robert Veatch, Ph.D.

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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