Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Implementation planned for Feb. 4, 2020

New policy will be implemented Feb. 4 to allow for computer programming and notification of members.

The ballot for the annual Board of Directors election will be open January 22 - February 5.

Effective practices in broader organ distribution.

Living donor transplants set new record; record trends continue for deceased donors and transplants.

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

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

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Monday, January 20, 2020
Pre-implementation notice: Liver and intestinal organ distribution based on acuity circles to be implemented Feb. 4
This will also include a conversion of each transplant hospital’s MMaT score to reflect transplants performed at hospitals within a radius of 250 miles.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Updated liver and intestinal organ allocation policy to be implemented Feb. 4, 2020
New policy will be implemented Feb. 4 to allow for computer programming and notification of members.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Donation service areas removed from thoracic allocation system
DSA has been replaced with a 250 nautical mile circle; policy language removed regarding prioritization of sensitized candidates within a DSA.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Organ donation again sets record in 2019
Nearly 11,900 people provided the lifesaving gift of organ donation upon their death in 2019, an increase of 10.7 percent over 2018 and the ninth consecutive record-breaking year for deceased donation in the United States.
Monday, January 6, 2020
Transplant hospital definition bylaws effective Jan. 13
The new requirements outline circumstances for transplant hospitals to operate in either one or more than one location.

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