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Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

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What is the OPTN

About the OPTN History & NOTA Final rule OPTN charter Vision & goals Strategic plan Get involved

OPTN membership

About OPTN membership Search membership View transplant hospitals View organ procurement organizations View histocompatibility laboratories

Governance

Board of directors 2025 special election Committees Regions Regional meetings Review boards

Regional Meetings
Regional meetings are held twice each year during the winter and summer public comment periods.
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Policies & bylaws
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Current

Policies OPTN Management & Membership Policies Bylaws Notices of implemented policies & bylaws Compliance and evaluation How we make policies and bylaws OPTN critical comments

In development

All projects in development Public comment Notices of approved policies & bylaws

A closer look

Race & eGFR Continuous distribution Liver allocation and distribution Multi-organ transplantation Refusal codes COVID-19

Winter 2025 Public Comment
Winter 2025 Public Comment is now closed.
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Patients
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About transplantation

An overview of transplantation How organ allocation works The transplant team Transplant process Pediatric transplants Multiple listing History Glossary Find a transplant hospital

About donation

An overview of organ donation Deceased donation Living donation Kidney paired donation How organs are matched

A closer look

Public comment COVID-19 Continuous distribution Volunteer with the OPTN

By organ

Kidney Pancreas Liver Intestine Heart Lung

Learn about MELD and PELD
Take a closer look at how MELD and PELD scores are calculated.
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Professionals
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By topic

Patient safety Lung continuous distribution HOPE Act Informing patients Living donation Pediatric transplant Organ transport Ethical considerations Histocompatibility

By organ

Kidney & pancreas Liver & intestine Heart & lung Vascular composite allograft (VCA)

Member evaluation

Compliance and evaluation Transplant performance metrics MPSC member resources

Improvement

Collaborative improvement (CI) projects Individual improvement (IMFI) projects Expeditious task force

OPTN Computer System

Login System status Member security
Data & calculators
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Dashboards & metrics

OPTN metrics Equity in access OPTN electronic data submission OPTN computer system metrics OPTN system tracking: Lung monitor

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National data Regional data State data Center data Advanced reports Request data

Allocation calculators

CPRA - Calculated Panel Reactive Antibodies EPTS - Estimated Post Transplant Survival KDPI - Kidney Donor Risk Index Lung CAS - Lung Composite Allocation Score MELD - Model for End-Stage Liver Disease PELD - Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease

OPTN data

About data Data collection Uses of data OPTN database Citing data
News & events
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Newsroom Media resources Calendar of events OPTN meetings

OPTN meetings
The Board of Directors and committees meet regularly to make decisions that shape the future of the OPTN.
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