COVID-19 policy keeps transplant patients safe, protects medical urgency status
Staff and members collaborated to create emergency policy and IT changes to protect patients and keep the system nimble during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emergency actions help members protect patient safety and access to transplant during COVID-19
Key findings from the June 7 OPTN Executive Committee meeting on actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: What have we learned to prepare for the next wave?
Insights on donor PCR testing from the May 11 third international organ donation and transplant town hall webinar.
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.
Why I volunteer: Colleen Reed, Ph.D., liver recipient
Community members unite and strengthen the donation and transplantation community to help get the right organs to the right patients at the right time.
Liver recipient Colleen Reed, Ph.D.
Hear from liver recipient Colleen Reed, Ph.D., about why she chooses to volunteer her time with UNOS.
Living donor follow-up tools updated to align with the emergency changes to OPTN policy
The kidney and liver living donor follow-up tools are available for all transplant programs in the visual analytics section of the UNet data services portal.
The visual report of organ offers updated due to user feedback
The visual ROO is available to all transplant programs in the visual analytics section of the UNet data services portal.
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.
Better screening accelerates organ offers
Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., envisioned a system in which health care providers could better determine which types of organs their hospital would accept.