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Nation’s transplant system acts to maximize organ use
Predictive analytics tool and national collaborative of over 80 transplant hospitals focused on increasing organ acceptance and utilization.
Over 30 kidney donors and advocates to celebrate World Kidney Day from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
Living organ donors and donation advocates will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the need for organ donation and to show what is possible for those who choose to become living donors.
U.S. set lifesaving organ donation and transplant records in 2022
Selfless deceased donors make 12-year record-setting trend possible.
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Kidney – Pancreas
Predictive analytics project to launch education in December 2022, is intended to increase organ utilization
All adult kidney programs will be able to evaluate organ offers using predictive data.
Implementation notice: Minimum kidney donor criteria established for biopsies
OPOs are now required to make a reasonable effort to perform renal procurement biopsies for deceased kidney donors meeting certain criteria.
Action required: KPD eligibility impacted by new HLA options
KPD programs must add DPA1 test results before Sept. 8.
Liver – Intestine
Changes made to liver Status 1A and 1B justification forms
Updates follow a quality assurance review
Updated NLRB exception requirements effective Oct. 7
Actions approved by the OPTN Board in December 2020 and June 2021 are included.
Updated Median MELD at Transplant scores take effect September 29
Scores are updated twice a year.
Heart – Lung
Lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator available on OPTN website
The lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator is now available on the OPTN website.
Submit exception requests for the lung CAS transition starting Feb. 9
Transplant programs are encouraged to submit forms by Feb. 23, 2023 to ensure the Lung Review Board has sufficient time to adjudicate cases prior to implementation of lung continuous distribution.
National collaborative focusing on organ offer acceptance to launch at the end of January 2023
More than 80 transplant programs are participating in the project; a virtual option for the in-person kickoff event is available to the entire community.
VCA
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Improving the system together
A friend’s gift: Becoming a living liver donor
Seven years ago Patrick Kacani donated a portion of his liver to his friend. Now a donation advocate, he discusses what he learned.
Why reporters should visit their local organ procurement organization
Why reporters should visit organ procurement organizations. A call to action from Alexandra K. Glazier, President and CEO of New England Donor Services
10 things UNOS is doing to increase organ utilization
Collaborative improvement projects, organ placement acceleration, advanced data tools and new technology drive efficiency in organ allocation
UNet
UNet user audit begins June 12
Starting June 12, site security administrators will have four weeks to conduct a required audit of their UNet users. It must be completed by July 10.
New image study viewer available in DonorNet
New image study viewer provides improved image quality, especially on mobile devices, along with enhancements to the viewer tools.
Coming Soon: New image study viewer in DonorNet
Interactive viewer displays in the Image Studies table on the Test tab in DonorNet and the Image studies menu item in DonorNet Mobile.
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D. on new policies that put patients first
Policy changes
Pre-implementation notice: CPRA calculation change
This policy change is intended to more accurately reflect patient sensitization.
Updated MMaT scores in effect Sept. 28
Effective Sept. 28, 2022, the median MELD at transplant (MMaT) values for liver transplant candidates with exception scores will be updated.
Implementation notice: Minimum kidney donor criteria established for biopsies
OPOs are now required to make a reasonable effort to perform renal procurement biopsies for deceased kidney donors meeting certain criteria.
Policy monitoring
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Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources
IN FOCUS
Kidney transplants set new record in 2021 following policy change
The new policy helped increase the number of kidney’s transplanted, but the system is still changing to help more people.
Collaboration
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Education
Community update: Policy development based on continuous distribution
Board of Directors President Matthew Cooper, M.D., provided the following update to UNOS members on August 6, 2021.
Speaker series explores equity in access to transplant
Join us Aug. 26 as our panelists discuss the social and racial factors that can cause disparity in organ transplantation
Effective practices
Learn about collaborative improvement projects
Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy
Perspectives
Improving DonorNet Mobile℠
“The community has been involved every step of the way in developing the new DonorNet Mobile application.”
Why I volunteer: Lisa Matthias, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
Community members unite and strengthen the donation and transplantation community.
Using data to save lives
Neelam Singh’s business intelligence and data products team works with the community to build effective, efficient and user-friendly data tools.
Leadership news
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“The dozens of topics presented at TMF shared one thing—our community’s dedication to doing everything we can to constantly improve the system and better serve the patients who rely on us.”
Patient safety
We have completed mass update to HBV NAT positive candidate acceptance criteria
On August 10 we implemented policy changes related to screening donor organs for infectious diseases. As a result, if your candidate was listed as willing to accept a Hepatitis B Core antibody positive organ, then the system also indicated YES for willingness to accept an HBV NAT positive organ.
Need help updating the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records?
We sent the following system notice to UNet users today (Wed. Aug. 12). Please read it carefully if your center needs UNOS to help you update the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records to reflect that you are NOT willing to accept an organ from a donor who is HBV NAT positive and/or HCV NAT positive.
Changes to the way you report patient safety situations
Patient safety situation reporting system gets makeover. Ready by end of May 2014.
Transplant hospital
Coming soon: Predictive analytics for adult kidney offers
The goal is to help decision makers make evidence-based decisions to benefit candidates when determining whether to accept or refuse an offer.
7 years of HOPE
Implemented in 2015 , the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act has given more than 350 living with HIV an opportunity to receive a lifesaving transplant from an HIV-positive donor.
Now in effect: New lung data collection fields to support lung continuous distribution
Two new fields are now in effect for lung data collection in preparation for lung continuous distribution, which is to be released in the first quarter of 2023.
OPO
Four decades of lifesaving work: the Organ Center turns 40
The F.M. Kirby Foundation Organ Center is celebrating its 40th year of continuous operation without any service interruptions
Capital Pride: WRTC on being meaningful community advocates all year round
D.C. OPO’s LGBTQIA+ advocacy work increases organ donation.
OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates
The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.
Histocompatibility
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Stories and tributes
Each person touched by organ donation transplant has a unique story. Threads of hope connect them. Find videos, stories and tributes