Creating the first national donor image sharing hub
UNOS has launched a new national donor image sharing hub pilot. Learn more about what this pilot consists of and the importance of donor image sharing.
Getting patients ready for transplant sooner
How Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia reduced its inactive kidney waitlist by 17 percent
Annual UNOS staffing survey
2019 UNOS staffing survey available Feb. 6.
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.