Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Coronavirus

Updated information related to organ donation and transplantation.

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Policy changes

Dec. 15 implementation for changes to kidney and pancreas allocation.

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OPTN Regional Review

As part of its objective review of OPTN regional structure and processes, the OPTN is seeking community input on the current regional structure and process.

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Winter regional meetings

Winter 2020 regional meeting dates are now available. More information will be made available soon.

One individual is added to the national transplant waiting list every 10 minutes.

Every 9 minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list.

Approximately 22 people die each day waiting for a transplant in the United States.

On average, 95 transplants take place each day in the U.S.

Eight lives can be saved from one organ donor.

One organ donor can save eight lives. Sign up to be a donor in your state.

News

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Policy changes to kidney and pancreas allocation to implement Dec. 15
Professional education to be released in November.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Updated monitoring report available for liver policy, National Liver Review Board
Report addresses first six months of acuity circle distribution.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
OPTN Board approves transplant candidate diagnoses associated with COVID-19 related organ failure
The purpose of adding these options is to specify when COVID-19 related organ failure is the cause for lung and heart transplant candidate listing,
Monday, October 12, 2020
Preview available for OPOs: New kidney and pancreas distribution match lists
The test site will be available from Monday, Nov. 2 through Friday, Nov. 13.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Upcoming update to OPTN website
Beginning Oct. 15, requests to access https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov using the transport layer security (TLS) 1.1 encryption algorithm will not be accepted. TLS 1.1 is an outdated encryption algorithm, and some of its components are deprecated.