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UNOS leadership requests USDS engagement concerning leaked report and impact on patients
Leaders in organ donation and transplantation seek meeting and assessment with U.S. Digital Service concerning IT systems that make over 41,000 transplants possible per year.
UNOS seeks better air transportation for lifesaving organs
Board Presidents and Interim CEO request meeting with DOT, HRSA, FAA and TSA to find paths for improvement.
UNOS CEO calls for expanded improvements in the organ donation and transplant field
Nonprofit leader acknowledges public concerns and seeks stakeholder collaboration during pivotal moment for the U.S. donation and transplantation community.
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Kidney – Pancreas
Implementation notice: Requirement for race-neutral eGFR formulas in effect
Transplant hospitals are able to take immediate action to benefit a select population of Black candidates impacted by race-inclusive eGFR calculations.
Updates to living donor exclusion criteria now in effect
Four exclusion criteria in OPTN Policy 14.4.E have been updated to align with current research and guidelines as well as ensure consistency throughout OPTN policy language.
Education now available: Updates to living donor exclusion criteria
Professional education on this policy change is now available in UNOS Connect. These policy changes take effect July 26.
Liver – Intestine
Updated 12-month monitoring report available for National Liver Review Board
Report analyzes trends in the number and resolution of liver exception requests.
Messaging enhancement for Expedited Liver Placement now available
New notifications will be sent to the original primary on-call contact when a liver match has been expedited
Organ offer messaging enhancement for Expedited Liver Placement now available
Voice and text now will state if a liver offer is “expedited.”
Heart – Lung
Two-year monitoring report available for the elimination of the use of DSAs in heart allocation
A new data report contains key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in January 2020.
UNOS using a collaborative improvement model to increase DCD lung transplantation
29 lung transplant programs are participating in the project.
Exception pathway for heart device recalls approved by OPTN Board of Directors
The OPTN Board of Directors approved the modification to OPTN Policy 6.4: Adult and Pediatric Status Exceptions to be a permanent part of OPTN policy at their Dec. 5 board meeting.
VCA
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Improving the system together
How the UNOS OPO Benchmark Report helps maximize liver offers
Listening to the community, UNOS Research delivers innovative data tools to help OPOs increase organ transplants.
New England Donor Services Shares OPO Strategies for Success
Alexandra Glazier, President and CEO of New England Donor Services, shares strategies for success in the hard work of increasing organ donors and transplants.
Will organ perfusion transform transplantation?
UNOS looks at the rapidly evolving state of organ perfusion technology and its potential to transform transplantation
UNet
OPTN data collection changes coming Sept. 14
On Sept. 14, multiple updates will be made to UNet to implement approved OPTN Policy changes that affect OPTN data collection.
Patient Status Confirmation link available in UNet℠ beginning April 3, closes April 24
Transplant programs are asked to confirm or update patient status for selected patients.
Implementation notice: Continuous distribution of lungs
Effective today (March 9), lungs are now allocated under the approved continuous distribution allocation policy.
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
Policy changes
Pre-implementation notice: Minimum kidney donor criteria established for biopsies
Effective Sept. 6, OPOs will be required to perform renal procurement biopsies for deceased kidney donors meeting certain criteria.
New and changed data collection on TIEDI coming Aug. 30
Several policy changes impacting TIEDI forms were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in March 2022.
Updates to data submission policy coming Aug. 30
Effective Aug. 30, new requirements under revisions to OPTN Policy 18: Data Submission Requirements include a data lock provision to make changes to any of the eight TIEDI forms.
Policy monitoring
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Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources
IN FOCUS
9th year of record-setting liver transplants
45 organ procurement organizations set all-time transplant records.
Collaboration
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Education
Animated videos describe lung allocation score, kidney allocation formulas
Resources are meant to inform transplant patients and their caregivers.
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.
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
Two new enhancements coming to DonorNet
Two new enhancements are coming to DonorNet on Sept. 21. These enhancements will display as tooltips, visible when the user hovers over a button or question mark icon.
Patient Status Confirmation link available in UNet℠ beginning Oct. 3, closes Oct. 24
Transplant programs are asked to confirm or update patient status for selected patients.
Changes to HLA and unacceptable antigen options coming Aug. 30
Updates to HLA typing and unacceptable antigen reporting options and equivalencies will go into effect Aug. 30.
OPO
A message from Matt Cooper, M.D.: 2022 UNOS Member Survey
Member survey closes June 17
Now open: 2022 UNOS member survey
UNOS is offering members an opportunity to give valuable feedback to help shape the future of organ donation and transplant.
OUT tool now allows OPOs to see movement of organs across the country
Enhancements to OUT (Organ Utilization Tool) give insight into organ movement, timing of responses and use of provisional yes at each program.
Histocompatibility
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