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New policy to allocate donor lungs takes effect
Approach uses the new continuous distribution framework to save more lives.
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.
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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
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
How OPOs improve performance and increase transplants nationwide
Organ donations can be hard to get, but organ procurement organizations are educating communities to improve donation rates. Learn what they are doing here.
Reducing unwanted organ offers
A new UNOS pilot project tests ways to avoid unwanted offers, speed up organ allocation and transplant more organs.
UNet
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.
Important information about attachments in DonorNet
Starting Nov. 1, users will no longer be able to attach files to donor records in DonorNet® via email or fax. Users will need to utilize the other tools available to upload attachments to donor records.
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
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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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
TMF 2022 presenter Olivia Kates, M.D., on the theory and practice of vaccine mandates
Transplant infectious disease doctor examines the factual and ethical issues involved in vaccine mandates.
What is LAS? A new animation for patients explains the lung allocation score
New animated video for patients and their caregivers explains the lung allocation score used in transplant.
Effective practices
Learn about collaborative improvement projects
Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy
Patient safety
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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
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.
A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award
The late UNOS director of public communications helped establish an award recognizing advocates in 2010. Now, the same award has been renamed to honor its very first champion.
Histocompatibility
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