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.
100 people transplanted thanks to HOPE Act
Thanks to the HOPE Act, 100 organ transplants have been performed for HIV-positive candidates willing to accept organ offers from HIV-positive donors.
2019 DonorNet® imaging study pilot
In January, UNOS will begin a pilot project to enable sharing of donor medical images in DonorNet.® Several OPOs will participate in the pilot, which will run through April. We are partnering with Ambra Health on this pilot.
Recall notice affects Sodium chloride vials
A manufacturer of retail drugs has issued a voluntary recall of a product used in recovery and preparation of donor lungs.
SRTR modeling results available for kidney and pancreas distribution proposal
Committees are developing proposed kidney and pancreas distribution policies to replace current Donation Service Area (DSA) and regional boundaries.
We’ve updated HLA equivalency tables and added new values and other enhancements
On December 7, 2018, we made some additional changes in DonorNet.
OPTN/UNOS Board approves updated liver distribution system
Will reduce geographic disparity, create consistent geographic areas