Organ Recipient Honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence for the first time
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) presented Harvey J. Steele of Toledo, Ohio, the 2016 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence in recognition of his untiring efforts as a donation advocate.
Policy and system changes effective January 11, 2016, adding serum sodium to MELD calculation
OPTN Policy 9.1 has been updated to include serum sodium as a factor in the calculation of the MELD score.
MTS, Donor Alliance Receive Baldrige Recognition
Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS) was recently named as one of four recipients of the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence.
Policy and system changes adding serum sodium to MELD calculation
Learn how this will change your processes in UNet.
Revised liver policy regarding HCC exception scores
Changes were made on October 8.
Hope Act update
The HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, enacted on November 21, 2013, will allow for the development and publication of criteria for research relating to transplantation of organs from donors infected with HIV into individuals who are infected with HIV before receiving such organ.
Need help updating the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records?
We sent the following system notice to UNet users today (Wed. Aug. 12). Please read it carefully if your center needs UNOS to help you update the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records to reflect that you are NOT willing to accept an organ from a donor who is HBV NAT positive and/or HCV NAT positive.
Liver forum and committee update from David Mulligan, M.D., chair, OPTN/UNOS Liver Committee
About 200 people attended the June 22 liver forum, and about 210 more participated via webinar.
Florida Donor Parents Honored with NDM Award for Excellence
UNOS presented David and Susan Caples the 2015 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence in recognition of their untiring efforts as donation advocates.