Patient brochure formats
To help patients understand organ allocation policies, UNOS offers brochures in two formats:
- PDF format available below
- Printed format available for order at the UNOS store (1-3 copies are free)
Multiple listing
Info for transplant candidates who want to list at multiple centers.
Q&A: Transplant candidates and families about multiple listing and waiting time transfer
Lung allocation
Easy-to-read information explaining the policy change.
Patients: Q&A about lung allocation policy
- English (Updated 3/2023)
- Español: Preguntas y respuestas para los candidatos a trasplantes sobre la asiganción de pulmones (Updated 3/2023)
Liver allocation
Information about how the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD), numerical scales that are currently used for liver allocation.
Patients: Q&A about liver allocation policy
- English (Updated Jan 2021)
- Español: Preguntas y respuestas para los candidatos a trasplantes sobre la asignación de hígados
Understanding MELD and PELD
Español: ¿Qué es el modelo MELD / PELD?
Kidney allocation
Information about how less-commonly used kidneys are allocated.
Patients: Q&A about kidney allocation
Pancreas allocation
Information for transplant candidates and families that explains the types of pancreas transplants, getting listed and how these organs are allocated.
Patients: Q&A about pancreas, simultaneous pancreas-kidney and islet allocation
CPRA
Web resources: An explanation of Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA) and its importance in organ transplantation, for:
