An Expedia for organ transplantation: Predicting travel time
A privately funded research project aims to help OPO professionals make more informed decisions about optimal travel routes for procured organs.
Webinar to address NLRB effective practices
The webinar will address common issues and questions both for transplant program staff submitting extension requests and for NLRB members.
Access for urgent liver candidates in Hawaii and Puerto Rico to be implemented Feb. 18
On Feb. 18, a variance will be implemented to improve timely access to donors for candidates listed as Status 1A, Status 1B, or with a MELD or PELD score of 37 or higher in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
“Saving children is about preserving our future.”
Pediatric transplant surgeon George V. Mazariegos, M.D., on new liver distribution policy
UNOS welcomes new board members
Members of the national organ donation and transplantation community have elected 22 people to the UNOS Board of Directors.
Is natural language processing useful in predicting organ acceptance?
UNOS data scientists explore donor admission text to help understand and predict how kidney acceptance decisions are made
Field notification addresses perfusion circuit sample port
Recall affects specified lots of Organ Recovery Systems’ LKT200 Perfusion Circuit Sample Port
System notice: Liver and intestinal organ distribution based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4
As of Tuesday, Feb. 4, the liver and intestine distribution system based on acuity circles is in effect. This included a conversion of each transplant hospital’s median MELD at transplant (MMaT) score to reflect transplants performed at hospitals within a radius of 250 nautical miles.
New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system in effect Feb. 4, 2020
New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4, 2020
UNOS hosts briefing for congressional staff members
At the invitation of the Congressional Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Awareness Caucus, UNOS representatives presented a briefing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 29.