Nominees Chosen for Board of Directors Election
OPTN/UNOS member voting representatives will receive a ballot and biographical information for the nominees in February 2019.
Public comment open January 22 through March 22, 2019
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is offering nine proposals for public comment beginning on Tuesday, January 22.
5-Tier System Moving from Beta Site to Public Site
The 5-tier outcome assessment system will be moving from the beta site to the public site on February 5, 2019.
Upcoming policy implementation reminder for labs and OPOs
By March 1, 2019, OPOs and the labs they work with will need to have a process in place to ensure that the raw HLA data for deceased donors is uploaded in DonorNet in the source documentation section. Members that upload HLA data directly into UNetSM will need to...
Organ transplants in United States set sixth consecutive record in 2018
Total transplants since 1988 exceed 750,000; living donor transplants highest in 13 years.
2018 living donor transplants increase 11 percent
In 2018, UNOS reported that the number of living donor transplants was nearly 6,900, the highest since 2005.
Deceased donor kidney recipient ethnicity reflects waiting list
The ethnicity of deceased donor kidney recipients is now essentially the same as represented on the kidney waitlist. Learn more about organ transplant equity.
OPTN/UNOS operations not affected by partial federal shutdown
UNOS, which serves as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under federal contract, continues to provide all services without interruption despite the shutdown of some federal government functions that began December 22, 2018. All UNetSM... Public meeting to finalize recommendations for transplant system performance
Save the date of March 11 – 12, 2019. These are the days the OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc Systems Performance Committee will meet in Chicago to review and formalize their recommendations to drive transplant system performance and effectiveness.
Transplant center staff: create and share your custom reports with others in Waitlist
Staff at transplant centers with access to Waitlist now have the ability to share custom reports with others at their center who also have Waitlist access.