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- Upcoming changes to listing procedures for pediatric liver candidates
- UNOS staff contribute to study of broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs
- DonorNet® imaging study pilot in 2019
- Temporary interruption of TIEDI services the morning of Feb. 28
- Schedule of upcoming heart, liver policy actions
- Liver distribution update
- Organ Center Sets Placement Activity Record
- Jill, liver recipient
- Jim, liver recipient
- Clarification regarding DonorNet documentation for PHS Guidelines
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center released from probation
- OPOs: Toxoplasmosis testing of all donors is now required
- Coming Soon! Transplantpro.org is merging with unos.org
- Important Reminder for OPO Staff Regarding Zero Mismatch Shares through UNet
- Richmond Times-Dispatch profiles UNOS as a Top Workplace in Richmond region
- Voting opens Feb. 6 for UNOS Board election/Annual meeting of members
- December 2015 Board Meeting Wrap-up
- OPTN/UNOS registration fee increases for first time since 2013.
- TIEDI® enhancements allow for self service on recipient follow up forms
- In Memoriam: David Hull, M.D.
- Jeanne Anne, heart recipient
- Recognizing and Testing for Chagas Disease
- Board approves enhanced liver distribution system
- Resource explains KPD informed consent requirement changes
- Updated resources for geographic distribution
- Kidney Paired Donation Donor Pre-screening Training Recording Now Available
- Matthew, heart recipient
- Effective Now: Required re-entry of SSN and DOB when adding a candidate in Waitlist
- OPOs can make facilitated pancreas allocation offers without Organ Center assistance
- UNOS Mini-Primers offer members detailed, intensive learning
- RUM report recently expanded to include other organs
- Discussion continues on funding, prioritization for IT initiatives
- Fee Now Required for Select Data Requests
- OPTN/UNOS Nominating Committee seeks board nominations
- Kathy, islet recipient
- Recording of UNet patient safety reporting enhancements training session is now available
- Giving Organ Acceptance Consultants access to UNet
- Assigning priority for pediatric kidney patients
- Shipping crossmatching materials in deceased donor kidney cases—Who Pays?
- Access information on the June 2012 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Meeting
- Expedited appeals and override reviews of thoracic review board decisions
- Nevada donor network announces new HLA laboratory director
- Update: Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater-cooler devices
- Identify and correct data discrepancies using monthly reports
- OPTN/UNOS Officers and Board Members Elected
- Disease Transmission Advisory Committee Creates New Guidance Document
- UNOS named a top workplace in Richmond area
- Improving patient readiness
- Portland VA Medical Center Reaches Gold in Hospital Challenge
- Public comment sought on criteria for research involving transplantation to HIV-positive donor organs to HIV-positive recipients
- Newly available VCA resources
- UNOS has switched to Citrix conferencing tools for external meetings and trainings
- New living donor organ labels now available
- Liver forum and committee update from David Mulligan, M.D., chair, OPTN/UNOS Liver Committee
- SRTR modeling results available for kidney and pancreas distribution proposal
- HOPE Act reminders for OPOs and transplant programs
- OPTN/UNOS summit to address OPO, transplant center, system metrics
- Frequently asked questions regarding information technology design, funding--Updated 5/13
- FDA Alert: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps Recall
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves significant revisions to deceased donor kidney allocation policy
- OPTN/UNOS Board Places Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital on Probation
- OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors releases Indiana Donor Network and Gulf Coast Medical Center from probation
- Spring 2018 draft transplant center reports available for review on SRTR website
- Meet the Transplant Living Story of Hope Contest Winners
- Important safety information for kidney programs--device contraindication
- OPOs: Are you using the correct HIV testing to evaluate donor organs?
- UNOS researchers examine rise in kidney discard rate
- Important Transportation Information for OPOs and Transplant Programs
- Achieving a shorter, more active waitlist
- In Memoriam: Paul B. Oldam
- Study suggests little increase in number of potential organ donors
- OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors releases Methodist Hospital Laboratory from probation
- Policy Changes Recently Approved at May OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee Meeting
- Recording now available of webinar addressing OPTN Policies and the 2013 PHS Guideline for HIV, HBV and HCV
- UNOS wins international technology award
- OPTN response to court order regarding Sarah Murnaghan
- Hospitals chosen for initial phase of COIIN pilot
- Your transplant program may receive secure e-mail regarding your patient status information
- Currently accepting nominations for open committee positions
- Outcome of OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee Meeting Re: Pediatric Lung Allocation Policy
- Sydney, organ donor
- Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee Updates June 2017
- New and Improved UNet Homepage Launched December 16
- New guidance available regarding adult heart status 1A(b) device-related complications
- In Memoriam: Kathe LeBeau and Nefeterius McPherson
- Recent bequest to UNOS is non-profit’s largest ever
- Public comment features new, blog-style format
- OPO Staff Need to be Aware of Critical Changes to the DonorNet XML Schema
- Similar survival rates for PAK and SPK transplants
- Webinar recording addresses liver allocation and distribution proposal
- Updated guidance on living donor follow-up now available
- Patient safety contact list available on secure portal
- Training for system and policy changes regarding infectious diseases screening
- Deceased donor kidney recipient ethnicity reflects waiting list
- New UNOS service portal
- National Liver Review Board implementation postponed
- DCD in the neurologically aware
- OPTN/UNOS Board places The Methodist Hospital on probation
- Tim, kidney recipient
- The new adult heart allocation policy takes effect this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018
- New cultural competency instructional video now available
- Submitting information and evidence in support of LRB exception requests
- OPTN Monitoring of Donor Yield: An Update from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
- Attendees rate 2017 TMF a success!
- Clarification of policies that reference the PHS Guideline
- OPTN/UNOS board approves assessment of organ procurement organization performance, new living donor data requirements
- In Memoriam: William Pfaff, M.D.
- Kidney paired donation program changes now in effect
- Change requiring collection of data at time of removal for lung candidates supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) now effective
- Access the latest educational resources
- Update on changes to the imminent and eligible death data definitions
- Tracy, liver recipient
- More than 30,000 transplants performed annually for first time in United States
- RichTech selects UNOS as finalist
- Upcoming UNet Enhancements with You in Mind
- Many OPTN/UNOS committees are seeking regional representatives
- OPTN/UNOS Officers and Board Members Elected
- Message to Transplant Program Directors & Administrators from OPTN/UNOS President
- Change to Improve Reporting of Aborted Procedures and Non-Transplanted Organs Effective Now
- MPSC will review pancreas programs for post transplant patient survival in early 2014
- HLA policy compliance instructions for OPOs and thoracic transplant centers
- Recording now available: Overview of TIEDI® Liver Recipient Explant Pathology
- Transplant Pro Turns One!
- Travis, double lung recipient
- UNOS and Walgreens announce transplant research project
- Recall notice affects Sodium chloride vials
- TIEDI enhancements allow for self-service on living donor follow-up forms
- How to report data for lung transplant candidates supported by ECMO
- Brian Shepard named UNOS Chief Executive Officer
- Transplant center staff: create and share your custom reports with others in Waitlist
- OPTN Patient Safety Alert 1: Preventing the use of extra vessels in non-transplant procedures
- Important E-mail Address Reminder
- St. Barnabas recognized for excellence
- Rewritten, reorganized OPTN policies and revised evaluation plan launched in February
- Data definition process in place to bring clarity and consistency to transplant forms
- New effective date for revised OPTN 'imminent and eligible death data definitions'
- Use the UNOS service portal for data requests
- Data in Focus: Transplants continue under HOPE Act
- Histocompatibility General Supervisor Key Personnel Requirement Now in Effect
- Access information from the November 2013 board meeting
- Updates from kidney and pancreas committees regarding geographic distribution issues
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves policy to increase lung transplant access for children, establishes criteria for programs performing pediatric transplants
- ‘Josh’s List’ Goes Viral
- New policy change will benefit sensitized transplant candidates
- Guidance for Reporting the Final Disposition of Extra Vessels
- In Memoriam: Oscar Salvatierra, M.D.
- CEO to retire after nearly 20 years at Texas Organ Sharing Alliance
- Learn how programs are performing non-A1, non-A1B transplants
- Learn about changes to match offer response processes for KPD programs
- Feedback wanted on issues related to organ recovery travel
- Specific changes to KPD within the UNet application
- TIEDI® training for transplant centers recording available
- OPTN/UNOS Board Places Gulf Coast Medical Center on Probation
- Study assesses likely outcomes of revised kidney allocation system
- We've updated UNOS Login Banner Language on UNet
- Refreshed Data Services portal; more options, easier to use
- How to join the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program
- Liver forum provides key feedback
- Recent enhancement increases maximum BMI limits
- Liver webinar to address modeling data and get additional proposal feedback
- Preparing your patients for changes to the lung allocation system
- National committee formed to develop network policies for hand, face transplantation
- Webinar now available - The New Kidney Allocation System: What Referring Physicians Need to Know
- Transplant Center Staff: patient waitlist notification desk reference resource is posted on OPTN site
- PDF versions of status justification forms now available in UNet
- OPTN/UNOS Board Declares Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency a Member Not in Good Standing
- UNOS named a 2018 top workplace in Richmond
- Tell us about your professional education needs in a brief survey
- Access a recording of the April 24 webinar - new kidney allocation system: protocols and processes
- Liver Allocation and HCC Exception Policy Changes Coming Soon
- UNOS researcher contributes to review of A2/A2B to B kidney transplantation
- UNOS Turns 30
- OPTN/UNOS Board Places Indiana Donor Network on Probation
- Recent DonorNet Changes to the Donor Feedback Form and TIEDI Deceased Donor Registration (DDR) Form
- Alex Tulchinsky named UNOS Chief Technology Officer
- OPTN compliance elearning module available on UNOS Connect
- UNOS and transplant professionals collaborate on innovation, improvements
- Potential Failure Point Identified in the Evaluation of Living Donors
- Probation ended for Baptist Memorial Hospital
- Clarification: recent update to HCC auto-approval policy
- Patient Status Confirmation link available in UNet Dec. 5
- Now Available on the SRTR Secure Website: the Delayed Spring 2018 PSRs
- Educational guidance recommends early patient referral for kidney transplantation
- Clinicians and non-clinicians encouraged to get involved in OPTN/UNOS committees
- Policy changes approved by the OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee
- Julie Bergin named President and CEO at Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates
- Patient Safety Alert: Baxter recall of sodium chloride irrigation solution
- SRTR secure website is active
- Combined transplant program site surveys coming soon
- Upcoming pediatric transplant program component requirements
- Kidney paired donation pilot program participants: match run schedule to expand to two per week
- Prepare for a new process when the ABO policy change takes effect June 23
- TIEDI system enhancement to add PX ID to patient history search results
- Changes to the way you report patient safety situations
- Smithfield Foods Donation Helps Fund the Development of Life-saving Technology
- New Implementation date for HLA Equivalency Table Update and addition of DQA1 equivalences
- Please respond to the 2016 UNOS member survey
- New Year – New TransplantLiving.org
- Transplant immunosuppressant drugs to remain a Medicare Part D benefit
- Training recordings are now available - Waitlist updates and reports in the new kidney allocation system
- Work group to address OPTN policy relating to HIV-positive organ recovery
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves initial policies regarding limb and face transplantation, new policies for pediatric heart allocation
- Upcoming Enhancement to Patient Safety Contact List
- Videos available to educate potential donor/candidate pairs about KPD
- UNOS Meeting Partners Publishes Recent Survey Results
- Board places University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on probation
- 5-Tier System Moving from Beta Site to Public Site
- OPOs will soon have the ability to make facilitated pancreas allocation offers without Organ Center assistance
- Associate councillors make sure regions needs are heard
- Access information from June 2013 board meeting
- UNet enhancement in Waitlist: Donor ID added to Prior Donor HLA report
- Mac users can now access UNet while using Google Chrome
- Notice addresses organ preservation solution
- Living liver donor policy requirements webinar
- Upcoming policy implementation reminder for labs and OPOs
- Access information on the June 2011 OPTN/UNOS board of directors meeting
- UNOS Researchers Present Studies at World Transplant Congress in San Francisco
- Board releases two member institutions from probation
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves national board to review exception priority for liver transplant candidates, guidance document for transplant candidate education
- OPTN/UNOS Board members named
- Policy and system changes adding serum sodium to MELD calculation
- OPOs now have 180 days to upload donor attachments
- Executive committee approves living donation policy change
- Submitting standardized MELD/PELD exception scores
- Reporting serum lipase and serum lipase upper normal limit results at time of pancreas offers is now required
- Find Primer 2016 presentations on UNOS Connect
- Register for live webinar to learn about changing heart allocation policy
- Transplant Network Reaches Milestone of 500,000 Deceased Donor Organ Transplants
- Board approves policies to support HOPE Act, enhance VCA transplantation
- Committee to address transplant data collection and use
- OPTN Statement regarding lung transplantation and pediatric priority
- Adding acceptor sequence number to ROOT Report in UNet
- Liver forum presentations, videos available
- New Donor ABO Audit Log in DonorNet®
- Public forum addresses equity in liver distribution; resources available on OPTN and UNOS websites
- Video module explains features and benefits of the OPTN kidney paired donation pilot program
- OPOs need to transition to new organ transport labels throughout 2017
- Town Hall Question and Answer Session on the new kidney allocation system
- New Histocompatibility General Supervisor Key Personnel Requirement
- Liver forum provides key feedback for additional committee discussion
- Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program to Begin Matching in October
- 2018 living donor transplants increase 11 percent
- OPTN/UNOS Board Places Baptist Memorial Hospital on Probation
- The importance of managing critically ill or dying patients
- New Patient Safety Video Now Available
- Board releases University Hospitals of Cleveland from probation
- June 2014 Board Meeting Wrap-up
- On New Year’s Day, Another Character: Donor ID Number System to Change in 2013
- Richmond Times-Dispatch profiles UNOS as a Top Workplace; cites benefits as a strength
- OPTN/UNOS Board places Histocompatibility and Immunology Laboratory at Methodist Hospital on probation
- Hospitals chosen for second phase of COIIN pilot
- New Support Center application launching October 28
- System changes related to ABO verification policy change are now in place
- DonorNet enhanced to add transplant center name for primary on-call contact
- Transplant program performance monitoring webinar
- Update magazine ceases publication
- Deceased organ donors in United States exceeded 10,000 for first time in 2017
- Board approves national liver review board and patient guidance
- OPOs and UNOS collaborate on new UNet enhancements
- Maximum Allowable BMI has increased for Kidney-Pancreas Candidates
- Visit from the MPSC? “Don’t freak out”
- Executive committee approves clerical change to pancreas allocation policy
- Three-year collaborative improvement project drives results
- Getting patients ready for transplant sooner
- New resource explains changes to UNet patient safety portal now in place
- TransNet required for VCA organs on November 1
- OPO benchmark reports now available
- WPFL’s Hospital Campaign Enters Phase Four
- Next phase of COIIN underway
- Use Google Chrome or IE11 browsers to access UNet
- New CEO Named at Texas Organ Sharing Alliance
- Recently updated online help
- Reminder: multiple guidance documents and resources are available
- Special public comment proposal for HCC auto approval criteria
- Redesigned OPTN website launched September 26
- OPOs and UNOS collaborate on two new DonorNet enhancements
- Unexpected HCV donor-derived transmissions on the rise
- UNOS Tech News is moving to a subscription service
- UNet user login and session management changes
- Changes to Adult Heart Allocation Policy Effective this Fall
- OPTN members will now receive site survey information by secure email
- OPTN Annual Goals Document Outlines Key Committee Initiatives for 2011-2012
- SRTR and UNOS researchers collaborate to publish two journal articles
- UNOS celebrates 34th anniversary founding
- Access UNOS Resources during Patient Safety Awareness Week
- Reminder to OPOs about change to pancreas and kidney/pancreas allocation
- Instructions for Reporting HCC Lesions (Policy 9.3.G.iv)
- Enhancement to UNet Infrastructure and Browser Compatibility
- AST offers transplant professionals webinars and resources
- Board of Directors releases University Hospitals of Cleveland from probation
- Reminder for pancreas programs about maximum allowable BMI
- Committee studies reported safety situations to share lessons learned with transplant professionals
- OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors places two member institutions on probation
- UNOS patient services line goes global: interpreter services now available for 170 languages
- New data services portal in UNet
- Innovative electronic labeling and packaging solution spreads across OPOs
- Study notes success in increasing minority transplants
- Resolve to learn more in 2018
- The status of vascularized composite allograft allocation
- What has KAS achieved? Mark Aeder, M.D., talks about the system's success
- Webinar provides early results from phase V of WPFL hospital campaign
- 2016 UNOS Transplant Management Forum was a hit
- Learn about policy changes approved at the November 2014 board meeting
- Living Donor Organs that are discarded or not transplanted into the intended recipient
- November 2014 Board Meeting Wrap-up
- Phase I of COIIN pilot begins in January
- Kidney allocation system updates in DonorNet
- Constituent Council initiative tests options to improve committee structure
- Your UNet security administrator helps keep UNOS systems safe
- 2019 DonorNet® imaging study pilot
- Reminder: register all candidates before transplant, including those receiving living donor organs
- DTAC Develops Toxoplasma Screening E-Learning Module
- Accepting 2017 NDM Award for Excellence Nominations
- New program interfaces available for CPRA calculator, Donor XML uploads
- Post KAS-Implementation reminder for kidney programs
- Deceased donor liver resources available to OPOs
- Eliminating combined heart/lung program status. What does this mean for existing programs?
- 100 people transplanted thanks to HOPE Act
- December 2016 board meeting actions
- UNOS forms Department of Member Quality
- Vessel Container Labels Required by Policy as of February 1, 2012
- UNOS Researchers Present Studies at American Transplant Congress
- Officers and board members elected - 2015
- UNOS announces 2018 National Donor Memorial Award winner
- New addition to UNOS histocompatibility learning series
- Change to Immunosuppressive Medications Section in TIEDI
- Living donor follow-up form changes will affect future data submission policy requirements
- Communicating UNet system changes in a new way
- New fields added in Waitlist to help you prepare for simultaneous liver-kidney allocation (SLK) policy changes
- Patient Safety Alert: Hospira recall of irrigation/drainage sets
- Webinars provide information about public comment proposals
- Temporary Interruption of UNet Services on July 7, 2016
- UNOS Completes its First Electronic Election
- 2013 PHS Guideline resource document available for transplant centers and OPOs
- OPTN/UNOS Key Board actions June 2016
- June 2015 Board Meeting Wrap-up
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves revised adult heart allocation system, clarifies exception points for liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma
- Public meeting to finalize recommendations for transplant system performance
- Resources related to geographic distribution discussion
- WPFL Hospital Campaign Enters Phase V
- UNOS contributes to study noting success in increasing minority kidney transplants through subtype matching
- OPTN/UNOS officers and board members elected
- Results available for 2015 UNOS member survey
- New kidney waitlist management tool now available in UNet
- Get highlights from the 2015 TMF
- Special public comment period begins March 27 for guidance document
- Bill Hasskamp joins the DMG Registry Web Portal as Program Director
- OPOs must use new sterile internal vessels label beginning Sept. 1, 2015
- Provide feedback on the 12 items out for public comment
- Application process open for pilot phase of COIIN project
- Instructional video explains VCA recovery, allocation and transplant processes
- Journal article describes importance of communications in addressing potential donor-transmitted infections
- Kidney Equity in Access Report updated
- Tufts study on how GFR's are measured seeks feedback from kidney transplant centers
- Policy Change Re: Liver Post-Transplant Explant Pathology Form
- Sneak previews of the 2016 UNOS Transplant Management Forum
- Hope Act update
- UNOS Introduces New Implementation Standard for Policy and Bylaw Changes
- New Qualified Health Care Professional requirement as part of ABO policy changes
- Gift of Life Institute announces its 2015 Fall/Winter National Trainings for donation professionals
- In Memoriam: Debi Surlas
- OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approves policies regarding living donor evaluation and consent, donor disease risk assessment
- Odds for receiving a kidney transplant now equal for black, white and Hispanic candidates
- Recent DonorNet improvements resulting from innovation events
- New data submission compliance report
- Need help updating the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records?
- UNOS Researchers Presented Studies at American Transplant Congress
- Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance offers upcoming learning opportunities
- UNOS Researchers Present Studies at American Transplant Congress
- What you told us about your educational needs
- New Topics available soon in transplant coordinator learning series
- Training for Liver Regional Review Board Members
- Donor hospital location updates
- TransNet System Support: Android Release
- OPOs find RUM report valuable when placing non standard organs
- OPTN public comment opens August 15
- LifeCenter Northwest hires new Vice President Finance and Administration
- Early data suggest kidney allocation system meeting key expectations
- TransNet System Support
- Recent UNet enhancements
- NLRB, liver distribution implementation postponed
- UNOS is your Partner in Patient Safety; Keep Us in the Loop!
- Kidney and liver transplant programs seeking HOPE Act IRB approval
- TransNet System Compatibility
- Register Now for TFCA Annual Workshop
- UNOS researchers contribute to journal article describing trends in patient safety reporting
- Input sought on concept document for liver distribution
- Kidney allocation system status update - October 2014
- Toolkit available to assist programs in sharing donor and recipient information
- The new adult heart allocation policy is now in effect
- Board election to be held electronically
- Labs are reminded to give UNOS a copy of their written agreement with transplant hospitals; new bylaws tell you specifically what to include
- Geographic distribution efforts ongoing
- Recall notice affects IV solutions
- Special public comment period addresses liver distribution
- 2011 UNOS Member Survey Results Available
- New brochures available to explain changes in kidney and pancreas policy
- Heart of the matter ethics webinar series by UNOS
- Imminent and eligible definition data reporting changes
- Data in focus – kidney transplants for highly sensitized recipients
- Applications coming soon regarding definition of transplant hospital
- OPTN/UNOS Officers and Board Members Elected
- Effective Now: Policy changes requiring OPOs to re-execute the match run
- You can now submit new status justification forms for adult heart and heart/lung candidates
- OPTN/UNOS Requirement for “On Call” Transplant Surgeon/Physician Availability
- Living donor kidney programs receive donor follow-up data submission rates
- New and improved UNet homepage launches Dec. 16
- Journal article describes UNOS research in transplant priority for prior living kidney donors
- Fallen Soldier Donor Memorial Unveiling
- Journal article outlines efforts to study, improve adult heart allocation policy
- OPTN/UNOS operations not affected by partial federal shutdown
- Status of discussion regarding liver distribution
- A message to the transplant community
- TransNet Application Version Update
- Applying for OPTN vascularized composite allograft transplant program approval
- Revised national kidney transplant allocation system is now in place
- New Materials Available for Order in UNOS Print on Demand Store
- Executive summary available for living kidney donation consensus conference
- Coming August 29: HLA Equivalency Table Update and addition of DQA1 equivalences
- Voluntary recall of Cardinal Health brand sterile conventional syringes and needles
- Coming Soon: New TransNet Report in UNet Data Services Portal
- Access Information on the November 2011 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Meeting
- Creating the first national donor image sharing hub
- Liver distribution policy proposal to advance for August public comment
- Application period is open for second cohort of COIIN pilot
- Resources and training to prepare you for SLK changes
- OPO site survey process evolving and improving
- Policy clarification – Pre-transplant crossmatch requirements
- KPD match run options for waiting list candidates and exchange-ending donors
- Organ Recipient Honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence for the first time
- Waitlist enhancement enables online pediatric lung exception requests for adolescent classification
- UNOS Online Store offline from July 2 – 13
- Simultaneous liver-kidney allocation (SLK) policy changes now in effect
- Public comment sought
- Building Bridges from your technology systems to UNet
- Dr. Marlon F. Levy named new chair of transplant surgery for VCU and director of Hume-Lee Transplant Center
- Implementation of TransNet application updates
- UNOS recruiting members for new OPTN VCA committee
- Data services portal in UNet now includes Center STAR files
- DoT's new e-bulletin on research grant results
- We’ve updated the HLA Equivalency Tables and added DQA1 equivalences
- Three years of HOPE
- Use Internet Explorer (IE) 11 or Chrome browsers, not Firefox, to access UNOS KPD system
- Coming Soon: TransNet will be required for VCA organs
- TransNet application version updates
- Update from Ad Hoc International Relations Committee
- DonorNet Mobile for OPOs release adds deceased donor information
- Coming June 23rd – System changes related to ABO verification policy change
- Change to MPSC outcomes review process meant to encourage kidney utilization, transplants
- HLA equivalency tables are changing in Dec. to include new values and other enhancements
- TransNet Application Reminder
- OPTN Members: Government issues health alert for Weck Hem-o-Lok Ligating Clips
- UNOS support cited in New England Journal of Medicine study
- Board places two member institutions on probation
- Two-year analysis shows effects of kidney allocation system
- Downloadable resources available for National Donor Sabbath
- Enhancements to notifications in DonorNet
- Pediatric and Liver Committees sponsor recently approved policy changes
- Changes for reporting extra vessel disposition
- HCC automatic approval criteria updated
- Board approves policies on living donor evaluation and consent, donor disease risk assessment
- New for travelers on behalf of UNOS: online travel reimbursement
- OMB transplant form updates 2018
- Southwest Transplant Alliance names regional director
- UNOS awarded continuation of national transplant network contract
- COIIN Learning Congress shared key lessons
- Transplant coordinator learning series
- New E-Learning Module: Intro to the OPTN and UNOS
- In Memoriam – Thomas Starzl, M.D.
- New pancreas transplant policies take effect
- VCA data collection
- We increased the maximum weight value for candidates and donors to 650lbs on May 25
- Call for nominations for the 2017-2018 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors
- Change to messaging IP addresses for organ offers
- Liver public forum: Final Agenda and Presentations Available
- Sarah, heart recipient
- UNOS Connect is your new comprehensive learning management system
- Forms to add, update or remove someone from the membership database now require a middle initial or date of birth
- Angela Schlansker Promoted to Vice President of Human Resources at Mid-America Transplant
- UNOS again named top workplace
- KPD system enhancement allows you to put bridge donors on hold
- FDA Alert Addresses Potentially Contaminated SPS-1 Static Preservation Solution
- Instructional video explains upcoming simultaneous liver-kidney policy and reporting requirements
- Comply with Policy 12.8.4 by reporting living donor adverse events
- Pediatric heart allocation phase 2 system changes on July 7
- Nominees Chosen for Board of Directors Election
- Enrollment begins for NIH-sponsored donor heart study (DHS)
- UNOS upgrading member data platform
- Additional data elements in Center STAR files available June 4
- New membership application forms in effect September 1
- UNet Site Security Administrator Audit 2018
- Retaining Pediatric Priority for Liver Candidates with a MELD Score who are on the List after their 18th Birthday
- Advisory council formed for pilot project to increase kidney utilization, improve transplant program monitoring
- Listen to recording of heart allocation system webinar
- OPTN/UNOS Board releases two member institutions from probation
- Data elements in Center STAR Files will be updated on June 4, 2018
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves initial policies regarding limb and face transplantation
- Clarification regarding inclusion of toxoplasma results on vessel labels
- Annual UNOS staffing survey
- SRTR modeling results are available for liver distribution proposal
- Effective now, reinstating an “override” functionality for unresolved RRB exception requests
- June 2016 Board Meeting Wrap-Up
- American Regent initiates voluntary nationwide recall of Dexamethasone
- OPTN/UNOS Board places University Hospitals of Cleveland on probation
- WPFL recognizes transplant centers for organ donation awareness efforts
- OPO leadership share their best practices
- Sean Van Slyck Named COO of Donor Network West
- OPTN/UNOS committee members needed; contact us
- Interactive living kidney donor follow-up dashboard available
- Changes to the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Pilot Program Operational Guidelines
- Study finds effective outcomes for A2 to B transplants
- Denise Kinder Named Strategic Development Officer of Donor Network West
- UNOS Transplant Management Forum speaker highlights
- Missed the Oct. 20 Liver Webinar? Recording is Available
- OPTN/UNOS Board Members Elected
- Lindsay, double hand recipient
- At one year anniversary, HOPE Act impact continuing to be assessed
- Transplant program approvals and future pediatric component requirements
- Checklist available to help you prepare for upcoming KPD Histocompatibility Testing Requirements
- New expedited process for liver status 1A and 1B listings that do not meet policy criteria
- Juniper, heart recipient
- In Memoriam – Gene A. Pierce
- New booklet advises transplant candidates seeking a living donor
- In Memoriam: Paul Terasaki, Ph.D.
- OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
- OPTN disaster relief information refresher
- OPTN/UNOS Board actions June 2016
- View a recording of the OPTN kidney paired donation town hall
- UNet system account updates and reminders
- UNet Security Administrators: requirements for login names when setting up new users
- March System Performance Committee meeting
- Organ transplants in United States set sixth consecutive record in 2018
- Important Changes in Extra Vessel Policy
- Learn more about National Liver Review Board
- Important Information regarding double verification of ABO subtypes
- OPTN recruiting volunteers for new data advisory committee
- Revised liver policy regarding HCC exception scores
- Changes in place to HLA Fields
- Compromise liver proposal to advance for board consideration
- Diane Brockmeier Appointed New President and CEO of Mid-America Transplant Services
- Applications coming in May for second cohort of COIIN pilot
- New Intestine Program Applications and Bylaws
- Trends and patterns in patient safety situations reported to the OPTN
- MMRF Awarded Continuation of SRTR Contract
- Call for Nominations for the 2019-2020 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors
- Read the New DTAC News to Learn about Efforts to Coordinate Case Reviews
- UNOS Memorial Honors Transplant Professionals Who Have Died In Life-Giving Service
- Public comment is open
- Upcoming change to Lung Ischemia Time in TIEDI®
- Analysis shows kidney allocation system achieving key goals
- Journal article chronicles efforts to revise adult heart allocation policy
- COIIN participants – share your insights at Learning Congress
- Reflections from outgoing 2013-2014 OPTN/UNOS Board President
- UNOS Dedicates the National Donor Memorial
- Modeling results available for liver proposal
- U.S. organ transplants, deceased donors set record in 2016
- Data services portal in UNetSM now includes kidney Waitlist management tool
- OPTN Public Comment Proposal to Update HLA and Ethnic Frequencies used to Calculate CPRA
- Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Patient Brochure Now Available on UNOS Store
- Successful fundraising allows for latest KPD programming
- Spring 2018 OSRs Upcoming Release, PSRs Delay
- Expanded HLA typing requirements coming Jan. 21, 2016
- HOPE Act Update: First transplants performed
- Board of Directors releases Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency from Member Not in Good Standing
- National Donor Memorial Announced
- New site guide & FAQ
- Most recent update (Jan. 29) on the bacterial contamination of SPS-1
- Guidance regarding donor Toxoplasma screening and organ acceptance
- Additional IT resources urgently needed
- New Board members named
- Board addresses organ placement efficiency, en bloc kidney allocation
- Transplantation Pioneer Dr. Joseph E. Murray Dies
- Changes in place to HLA Typing requirements for KPD donors and candidates
- Pediatric heart allocation policy and system changes
- Lung program clinical trial begins July 9
- UNOS Rededicates National Donor Memorial, Presents First Award of Excellence
- Upcoming MELD serum sodium policy implementation
- Florida Donor Parents Honored with NDM Award for Excellence
- OPTN to implement new process for patient status verification
- Changes to requirements for donor information shipped with organs
- Vermont Man Honored with National Award of Excellence for Organ Donation Advocacy
- OPOs: new shipping labels required July 1, 2018
- New learning series combines multiple patient safety resources
- KPDPP financial disclosure information to be included in operational guidelines
- Hurricane Preparedness
- A message from Brian Shepard about an upcoming member survey
- Learn more about the OPTN KPD program with a new dashboard
- Parents of pediatric lung candidate plea for change to policy—Related News & Statements
- UNOS announces efforts to increase the number of transplants
- New Jersey Man Honored with National Award of Excellence for Organ Donation Advocacy
- KAS increases equity in access to kidney transplantation
- Policy and system changes effective January 11, 2016, adding serum sodium to MELD calculation
- New OPO Best Practices Video Available
- Frequently asked questions about DonorNet organ offer system changes
- Temporary changes on DonorNet match results page
- Michigan Woman Honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence
- UNOS Researchers Present Studies at American Transplant Congress
- Policy modification to lung distribution sequence
- Pediatric Heart Allocation System Changes Now Effective
- We've updated HLA equivalency tables and added new values and other enhancements
- Social Worker Honored with NDM Award for Excellence
- Free educational video available from HRSA
- Increasing the number of organs available for transplants
- UNOS researchers examine rise in kidney discard rate over time
- Adding five infectious disease tests to DonorNet®
- Pregnancy Registry for Women on Immunosuppression Drugs
- Resources for recognizing and reporting potential infectious diseases in organ donors
- Lauren Quinn Joins LifeGift Executive Leadership Team as Managing Director of Hospital Development
- New educational offerings for transplant social workers
- MTS, Donor Alliance Receive Baldrige Recognition
- We've added new options to the field “Donor Type” on the Living Donor Registration (LDR) forms to enable centers to accurately report non-domino therapeutic donors.
- New form for prior living donor waiting list priority
- Improvements to Report of Organ Offers (ROO)
- How we can improve UNOS systems to make things easier for you?
- UNOS Organ Center at 35: A vital link with the transplant community
- Webinar recording available to help you improve post-transplant communication of new donor information
- Final modeling data available for liver proposal
- Plan now for the next UNOS Primer - October 9 in Minneapolis
- Educational toolkit, virtual town hall address transplant program performance reviews
- Quarterly Update of Standardized Benchmark Reports Available
- New data services section on UNet now includes Center STAR files
- KPD tip of the month
- 2019 annual UNOS request for information is available
- Keep patient safety contact info current
- A Q&A with Jared Siekierka of Donor Network West
- OPOs find organ utilization tool helpful
- Ben, heart recipient
- Public comment open January 22 through March 22, 2019
- Lowering average time from referral to listing at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
- Reporting living donor adverse events: what happens next?
- Recall Notice: Sarns High-Flow Aortic Arch Cannula, Sarns Flexible Arterial Cannula, Sarns Antegrade Cardioplegia Cannula
- UNOS researchers study equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplants
- Reducing the interval between evaluation and listing
- New instructional recording available: DTAC and CDC Collaborative Case Reviews
- OPOs will soon be required to submit PDTR form electronically
- Coming Soon: 5-Tier Outcome Assessment Update
- Bioethics journal seeks living donors and recipients willing to share their stories
- Staff Changes at STA
- Kirby Foundation Awards UNOS a $1 Million Grant
- 2018 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence Call for Nominations
- New living donor educational resource available Nov. 22
- Reminder of policy resources
- New wait time request forms available in UNet
- UNOS Foundation Establishes Planned Giving Society
- Chrysalis: Making Progress on IT Improvements
- National Organ Transplant Act enacted 30 years ago
- WPFL's 2017 hospital campaign launches this fall; join them
- 2016 UNOS member survey results
- Attention Liver Transplant Programs
- Update on plain language rewrite of OPTN/UNOS policies
- DiaSorin EBV Testing Kit has Potential to Produce False Negatives
- Important Disease Transmission Reporting Clarification
- KPD program the beneficiary of generous assistance
- Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Announces Enhancements
- Liver distribution policy targeted for April 30 implementation
- Marilou Donley named COO/CFO at Texas Organ Sharing Alliance
- Betsy, living kidney donor
- 100th living donor kidney transplant arranged through KPD Pilot Program
- UNOS unveils new logo and launches new online store
- The Mayo Clinic on best practices and achieving common goals through collaborative improvement
- Training series highlights tools in the Data Services portal
- Reporting key personnel changes
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals to sponsor 2015 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence
- UNOS collaborates with surgeons at ASTS innovation event
- Waitlist enhancement allows you to edit SSN
- Important Information for Kidney and Liver Programs re: pre-transplant performance metric
- Bylaws Changes Related to OPO Performance
- Attn: thoracic professionals—read history of the pulmonary hypertension guidelines
- Impending Changes to Kidney Paired Donation Policy, Program
- Phase 1 of requirement to report serum lipase and serum lipase upper normal limit results at time of pancreas offers is complete
- 2018 UNOS TMF breaks records and earns high ratings
- Adding HLA equivalency table screening to OPTN kidney paired donation system
- UNOS applauds Congressional passage of HOPE Act
- Recovery and Usage Maps (RUM) Report debuts at AOPO Meeting
- Guidance regarding Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
- Statement from liver committee chair regarding status of liver distribution discussion
- OPTN policies, procedures implemented to support HOPE Act
- Announcing a randomized trial of mild hypothermia and machine perfusion in deceased organ donors
- In Memoriam: John McDonald, M.D.
- Kidney Allocation Changes Approved
- Information for regions affected by Hurricane Sandy
- New ABO Verification Template Tools Available
- Destiny, liver recipient
- A Roadmap of Best Practices: Introducing the TQRGT
- New booklet advises parents of pediatric transplant patients
- Upcoming heart allocation policy change
- UNOS Researchers Present Studies at American Transplant Congress
- Recently published white paper explores ethical aspects of manipulating waitlist priority
- Skylar, heart recipient
- UNOS announces national donor memorial award winner
- Currently accepting nominations for Heckenkemper Transplant Leadership Award
- Stay up to date on recent policy changes
- Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program report shares results
- Download the 2019 scorecard for HRSA's WPFL campaign
- We have completed mass update to HBV NAT positive candidate acceptance criteria
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves updated liver distribution system
- Staff changes at Southwest Transplant Alliance
- Comment Sought on Proposed Rule Regarding Vascularized Composite Allografts
- Improving the transplant system with collaborative research
- Thank you for participating in UNOS’ member survey!
- Committee to address geographic aspects of organ distribution
- DonorNet® Mobile upgraded for OPO users
- Living Donor Committee offers multiple resources for improving data quality
- Martin, double lung recipient
- New information is available to help patients discuss living donation
- Barry Friedman named senior administrative director of Florida Hospital Transplant Institute
- Questions about transplant surgeon/physician certification? UNOS membership has the answers
- UNOS unveils new logo
- Public forum addresses equity in liver distribution
- HOPE Act update: more transplants performed; more hospitals participating
- Liver Committee Chair on status of liver distribution discussion
- UNOS Patient Information Letter Goes International: now vailable in French, Chinese, Tagalog
- Jodi, non-directed kidney donor
- Increasing high KDPI kidney utilization
- Policy changes affecting labs
- Federal safety alerts on heater cooler devices
- Enhancement to the Waitlist Removal History Search
- Call for nominations for the 2018-2019 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors
- Using standardized abbreviations in donorNet to reduce patient safety risk
- In Memoriam: Elizabeth Sleeman
- OPOs and UNOS collaborate on new DonorNet enhancements--match results page revised today
- Change to Waitlist field regarding pediatric lung candidates now in place
- Improving organ placement processes in DonorNet®
- OPTN guidance documents explain requirements, clarify policies
- Roger Brown named Director of UNOS Organ Center
- Ruthanne Leishman Hanto named kidney paired donation (KPD) program manager
- 100th living donor kidney transplant arranged through OPTN/UNOS KPDPP
- Whittney, kidney recipient
- Hospitals chosen for initial phase of COIIN pilot
- Blood type B candidates transplanted faster with non-A1/non-A1B kidneys
- ABO Verification Guide Available to Clarify OPTN Policy
- UNOS named a Top Workplace in Richmond area
- UNOS honored for innovation in technology
- Revised national kidney transplant allocation system is now in effect
- COIIN project studying effective practices at model hospitals, OPOs
- OPTN/UNOS statement regarding fatal helicopter air accident involving donation, transplant personnel
- Temperance, liver recipient
- Submitting LAS exception requests for candidates diagnosed with PH
- Call for TMF Abstracts
- Webinar to discuss liver proposal
- Comprehensive patient transplant booklet now available
- OPTN/UNOS Board addresses living donation policies, kidney paired donation reqs
- Jerome Menendez named new Executive Director for Lifesharing Of The Carolinas
- Upcoming network maintenance on UNOS systems
- Requirement for Designating a Director of Liver Transplant Anesthesia
- DEQ updates resource form for OPO professionals
- Zika webinar recording is available
- We’ve updated the OPO Report of Organ Offers (ROO) based on your feedback
- Region 5 Announces DNDD Hypothermia Study
- UNOS Researchers Present Studies at World Transplant Congress
- In Memoriam: H.M. Lee, M.D.
- Extra Vessels: Top Policy Violations Identified During Site Visits
- Liza, kidney/pancreas recipient
- Amber, heart recipient
- Guidance for organ donation and transplantation professionals regarding the Zika virus
- New Extra Vessel Reports Now Available in TIEDI®
- See Spring 2017 program and opo-specific reports on SRTR secure site
- Notice of limited voluntary recall of ViaSpan cold storage solution bags
- Anticipated resumption of the transplant program-specific reports
- Learn how 4 OPOs changed their organizational culture
- Message boards to UNet KPD system now available
- Notify UNOS of changes to director of liver transplant anesthesia
- UNOS employee receives AOPO executive director’s award
- Nita, kidney recipient
- 18-month analysis shows progress in kidney allocation system
- Adding OR date and time alerts to DonorNet
- Extra Vessels: reporting disposition to the OPTN
- Join us for upcoming ethics webinar
- Liver committee requests your feedback on HCC exceptions
- First kidney paired donor transplants performed as part of national pilot program
- Brooke, liver recipient
- Auburn, lung recipient
- ABO Policy modifications take effect June 23, 2016
- Policy change: Automatic approval of exception extensions for certain HCC candidates
- Transplant Program Components—what are they?
- Modifications to liver policy regarding candidates with HCC
- Explanation text box added to Improving Patient Safety Portal
- “Grateful” for the journey with MPSC
- Reviewing organ allocation deviations for possible trends
- Walter, kidney recipient
- Kidney paired donation pilot program: Five years of lifesaving service
- New members named to UNOS Corporate Affairs, Finance Committees
- Encourage donor registrations at your OPO or Transplant Center
- FDA notice relating to New England compounding center product recall
- CJ, kidney recipient
- UNOS wins contract to continue as national transplant network
- Recordings available of ABO compliance webinar
- Policy updates and guidance for thoracic clinicians
- Brayden, liver recipient
- New ABO subtyping resource available
- Medical product recalls may affect availability of certain drugs
- Coming soon: reinstating an “override” functionality for unresolved RRB exception requests
- 3-panel Pediatric neuroscience ruler recently updated
- Zion and Zhania, heart recipients
- Dennis, heart recipient
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves Fiscal Year 2014 budgets and fee structure
- Welcome to DonorNet® Mobile
- Board approves publication of two committee guidance documents
- SRTR releases private program and OPO specific reports
- New training module available to educate professionals and patients about kidney allocation changes
- Liver distribution proposal advances for board consideration
- Answers to common questions about data submission
- Charitable contributions will fund automation of the kidney paired donation program
- UNOS researchers contribute to study of likely improvements to kidney transplant outcomes
- Chris, living donor
- Webinar recording available about revisions to new lung allocation system
- At two years, HOPE Act still offering hope
- Upcoming UNOS system maintenance on Tues. Dec. 6 from 9-10p.m.
- Education available for DonorNet organ offer system changes
- Access information from November 2012 Board meeting
- Transplant programs may receive secure email regarding patient status information
- Liver committee update regarding liver distribution discussion
- Did you miss the TIEDI® training for OPOs?
- OPTN/UNOS leadership briefs Congressional staff members on key policy issues
- Miller, double lung recipient
- Preview available for OPOs: new liver distribution match lists
- Ad Hoc Committee formed to address OPO, transplant center, system metrics
- Walter Graham Retires from UNOS
- UNOS staff contribute to journal article highlighting implications of donor potential study
- Attn: OPOs and all organ recovery teams--Important recall notice
- Committee defines key drivers of system performance
- Nominees Chosen for Board of Directors Election
- Region 5 DNDD Hypothermia Study Now Enrolling Thoracic Organs
- Bobby, heart recipient
- New Name, Same Mission
- Update on HRSA's Workplace Partnership For Life Hospital Campaign