United Network for Organ Sharing will soon begin piloting phase II of an offer filters project that will allow kidney transplant programs to bypass donor offers they do not want to receive through custom-designed, multi-criteria filters.
Thomas Jefferson Hospitals’ Pooja Singh, M.D., on the benefits of sharing resources and learnings.
A new test type has been added and an existing test type has been updated in DonorNet® to capture information regarding donor COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) antigen and antibody testing.
This guidance reflects the current state of knowledge and involves questions pertaining to screening and testing of living and deceased donors in the COVID era.
Latest news and updates for organ procurement organizations and transplant programs
Volunteer for board or committee service using the updated form, customized to user’s experiences and interests
New data collection elements have been added to DonorNet® XML schema to capture information regarding donor COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) testing.
An invitation from UNOS CEO Brian Shepard
Effective May 6, 2020, a transplant program reactivating a liver transplant candidate to a MELD or PELD status in Waitlist is no longer required to input updated lab values to support the listing.
The greatest hero I never knew was my organ donor, Courtney Ray Sterling who saved my life.