• 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.
  

• All-time records again set in 2021 for organ transplants, organ donation from deceased donors
  Tuesday, January 11, 2022
  Deceased donation sets record for eleventh consecutive year.
  

• Nominees chosen for 2022 Board of Directors election
  Monday, January 3, 2022
  Voting representatives will receive materials in January 2022.
  

• U.S. surpasses 40,000 transplants in a single year for the first time
  Friday, December 17, 2021
  This milestone is a historic first for the nation.
  

• OPTN Board adopts new transplant program performance metrics
  Thursday, December 16, 2021
  New standards will assess pre-transplant and post-transplant outcomes.
  

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