• New OPTN collaborative project launched
  Wednesday, March 4, 2020
  Pediatric liver discovery aims to help hospitals improve through innovative methodology.
  

• Key personnel to be displayed in OPTN Member Directory
  Wednesday, February 19, 2020
  Beginning Feb. 27, 2020, the names of key personnel will be displayed in the search results for OPOs, histocompatibility labs and all programs and components at each transplant center
  

• System notice: Access for urgent liver candidates in Hawaii and Puerto Rico implemented Feb. 18
  Monday, February 17, 2020
  The variance will improve timely access to donors for liver candidates listed as Status 1A, Status 1B, or with a MELD or PELD score of 37 or higher in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
  

• Webinar to address NLRB effective practices
  Wednesday, February 12, 2020
  The webinar will address common issues and questions both for transplant program staff submitting extension requests and for NLRB members.
  

• New board members elected
  Thursday, February 6, 2020
  Members of the national organ donation and transplantation community have elected 22 people to the Board of Directors.
  

• Information for transplant programs and OPOs regarding 2019 Novel Coronavirus
  Thursday, February 6, 2020
  Recommendations for donor screening, patient care for individuals believed at risk.
  

• New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system in effect
  Tuesday, February 4, 2020
  New policy based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4, 2020.
  

• Field notification addresses perfusion circuit sample port
  Tuesday, February 4, 2020
  Recall affects specified lots of Organ Recovery Systems’ LKT200 Perfusion Circuit Sample Port
  

• Nominees chosen for 2020 Board of Directors election
  Friday, January 31, 2020
  At its December 2019 meeting, the Board of Directors approved the following slate of nominees for Board appointments beginning in July 2020.
  

• Public comment open from Jan. 22 through March 24 2020
  Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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