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UNOS responds to inquiry by Sens. Wyden, Grassley about new Chief Technology Officer
Sens. Wyden and Grassley expressed concern about the hiring of UNOS CTO Ankit Mathur. UNOS sets the record straight with an official response.
UPDATE: UNOS responds to inaccuracies in Bloomberg Law article
Bloomberg Law published an article about allegations of conflicts of interest involving UNOS Chief Technology Officer Ankit Mathur. UNOS challenges these defamatory claims and sets the record straight.
UNOS applauds U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee for increasing funding for the OPTN Modernization Initiative
UNOS statement applauds Senate Appropriations Committee for OPTN Modernization funding increase
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Kidney – Pancreas
UNOS supports the Living Donor Protection Act
UNOS is proud to continue supporting the Living Donor Protection Act, providing vital protections for living organ donors.
New milestone reached in kidney donation and transplant
For the first time, more than 25,000 kidney transplants were performed in a single year
UNOS statement on kidney continuous distribution policy in development
The OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee intends for both prior and future living donors to receive the same level of priority for a deceased donor organ in the new framework as they receive in the current allocation system.
Liver – Intestine
More than 15,000 liver transplants performed in first two years of acuity circles policy
Two-year monitoring shows many states had volume changes within 10 percent of previous policy.
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.
UNOS launches first national liver paired donation pilot program
The UNOS LPD pilot program aims to increase the number of living liver donations.
Heart – Lung
Coming soon: Simultaneous heart-kidney and lung-kidney allocation changes
Once the policy goes into effect, OPOs must offer required shares that are displayed on the match run.
Coming soon: Reporting primary graft dysfunction in heart
The new data collected will allow for improved monitoring of outcomes for recipients with primary graft disfunction (PGD).
New candidate inactivation code available for multi-organ transplant candidates
The new code (“Candidate requires multi-organ TX only, isolated offers not accepted”) will exclude the candidate from receiving offers of the specified individual organ type(s).
VCA
System notice: VCA distribution to be based on fixed distance circle of 500 nautical miles
Effective Thursday, June 18, 2020, VCA offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor. This replaces the previous distribution unit, which had been the OPTN region of the donor hospital.
Pre-implementation system notice: VCA distribution to be based on fixed distance circle of 500 nautical miles
Effective June 18, vascular composite allograft offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor.
Improving the system together
Bridging the gap: Kidney biopsy results and transplant survival outcomes
UNOS researchers seek to quantify the association between kidney-specific prognostic markers and post-transplant outcomes.
Better screening accelerates organ offers
The University of Florida’s kidney-pancreas surgical director, Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., on his participation in UNOS’ organ offer filters project.
Stronger together: A collaborative study between U.S. and U.K. researchers
A collaborative study between U.S. and U.K. researchers reveals shared learning opportunities that could spur increased kidney utilization rates.
UNet
Pre-implementation notice: Lung policy modification for blood type
Effective Sept. 27, 2023, the points assigned for blood type in lung allocation will be updated.
Impella 5.5 devices can now be reported in Waitlist and TIEDI
New device option added to menu
Patient Status Confirmation link available in UNet℠ beginning Oct. 2, closes Oct. 23
Transplant programs will be asked to confirm or update patient status for selected patients.
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
Policy changes
Updated liver allocation policy regarding HCC criteria in effect
Policy terminology updated for consistency with imaging standards
Improvements to MELD and PELD now in effect
Resources and education available for patients and clinicians
Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting
Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting to be implemented following policy changes approved by the OPTN Board of Directors.
Policy monitoring
Updated 15–month monitoring report available for liver, intestine policy
Geographic variability in median urgency scores at transplant has decreased.
Monitoring report available for lower respiratory testing of lung donors
Policy that requires SARS-CoV-2 lower respiratory testing of lung donors went into effect May 27.
Monitoring report of early kidney data shows increase in transplants
Monitoring report addresses first two months following implementation of 250 nautical mile circles.
Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources
IN FOCUS
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.
Collaboration
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Education
TMF 2023 presenter Robert Montgomery, M.D., D.Phil., on increasing organ supply with xenotransplantation
TMF session to explore threats to the organ supply and alternative, renewable solutions.
Community update: Policy development based on continuous distribution
Updates on the status of each of the continuous distribution initiatives from Board of Directors President Jerry McCauley, M.D.
Effective practices
Learn about collaborative improvement projects
Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy
Patient safety
Resource lists lower respiratory tract testing available
Tests authorized by the FDA to analyze lower respiratory tract specimens.
AST Innovation Award presented to DTAC
Committee honored for big ideas and out of the box thinking that has made a significant impact on transplantation.
AJT article reports on 10 years of potential donor-derived transmission events
It is very rare for patients receiving transplants to have a donor-derived disease transmission, according to a recently published study.
Transplant hospital
UNOS researchers present studies at 2023 American Transplant Congress
Twenty-two UNOS staff members presented research from 42 studies at the 2023 American Transplant Congress, addressing topics including social determinants of health, offer-acceptance practices, and the impacts of allocation-policy changes.
Now in effect: Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting
These changes were approved by the OPTN Board of Directors at their June 26, 2023 meeting.
New candidate inactivation code available for multi-organ transplant candidates
The new code (“Candidate requires multi-organ TX only, isolated offers not accepted”) will exclude the candidate from receiving offers of the specified individual organ type(s).
OPO
UNOS statement on the 2023 OPO Public Performance Report by CMS
UNOS supports working with CMS to increase accountability and improve the performance of our nation’s 56 OPOs.
New store for OPTN transport labels
The OPTN transport label distributor has changed. Users will need to create a new account when logging in for the first time.
Coming soon: New OPTN transport label store
The OPTN transport label distributor will be changing April 27. Users will need to create a new account when logging onto the new label store for the first time.
Histocompatibility
Labs gain access to Data Services beginning Sept. 11
Beginning Sept. 11, UNet security administrators will now be able to give laboratory staff permission to access the Data Services portal in UNet.