• Pre-implementation notice: Phase I of new kidney medical urgency requirements to implement Dec. 1
  Thursday, November 12, 2020
  Transition period allows kidney programs to update candidate data ahead of Dec. 15 final implementation.
  

• Transplant patient webinar addresses upcoming changes to kidney and pancreas distribution
  Tuesday, November 10, 2020
  Register now for Nov. 23 educational offering for patients and their caregivers.
  

• Modifications made to policy requirements for blood type determination and reporting
  Thursday, November 5, 2020
  Both OPOs and transplant hospitals will need to update their written protocols to address both indeterminate and conflicting blood typing results.
  

• OPTN Board meeting to be held virtually in December
  Monday, November 2, 2020
  Additional details to be added to calendar of events.
  

• OPTN to launch a collaborative improvement project to increase recovery of DCD organs
  Wednesday, October 28, 2020
  Participating OPOs will work to identify and share effective practices related to DCD procurement processes.
  

• Updated monitoring report available for liver policy, National Liver Review Board
  Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  Report addresses first six months of acuity circle distribution.
  

• Policy changes to kidney and pancreas allocation to implement Dec. 15
  Tuesday, October 20, 2020
  Professional education to be released in November.
  

• Preview available for OPOs: New kidney and pancreas distribution match lists
  Wednesday, October 14, 2020
  The test site will be available from Monday, Nov. 2 through Friday, Nov. 13.
  

• OPTN Board approves transplant candidate diagnoses associated with COVID-19 related organ failure
  Wednesday, October 14, 2020
  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,
  

• Upcoming update to OPTN website
  Monday, October 5, 2020
  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 TLS 1.1 is an outdated encryption algorithm, and some of its components are deprecated.
  

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