• Two new transplant performance metrics to implement July 14, 2022
  Wednesday, March 2, 2022
  Educational resources are in development.
  

• Community feedback needed on development of policy for continuous distribution of kidneys and pancreata
  Tuesday, February 15, 2022
  Input received from patients and transplant professionals during the winter 2022 public comment period will inform future policy development.
  

• National webinar addresses proposed modifications to graft failure definition for VCA
  Tuesday, February 15, 2022
  VCA committee’s proposal open for public comment through March 23.
  

• Feb. 18 webinar on continuous distribution of kidneys and pancreata
  Wednesday, February 9, 2022
  Community feedback is an important part of the policy development process.
  

• Public Comment open from Jan. 27 through March 23, 2022
  Thursday, January 27, 2022
  The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is offering 14 items for public comment, including one request for feedback, one concept paper and 12 proposals. 
  

• Updated race and ethnicity labeling coming to OPTN data reports
  Thursday, January 27, 2022
  Changes will make summary reporting of data clearer and easier for users to interpret.
  

• New board members elected 2022
  Thursday, January 27, 2022
  New Board members begin their terms in July.
  

• Six-month monitoring report now available for expedited liver policy
  Thursday, January 20, 2022
  Report covers policy outcomes through Sept. 25, 2021.
  

• OPTN to launch new member focused improvement initiative in 2022
  Thursday, January 20, 2022
  Customized individual improvement projects will help OPTN members meet specific goals.
  

• 30 OPOs participating in national project to increase procurement of DCD donors
  Thursday, January 20, 2022
  Number of DCD donor recoveries in 2021 exceeded previous year’s record by more than 29 percent.
  

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