• Six-month monitoring report for updated liver urgency policy shows continued success
  Friday, October 18, 2024
  Transplants increased significantly for female MELD candidates.
  

• Patient info on disaster relief and assistance
  Wednesday, October 9, 2024
  The OPTN is in contact with all member transplant facilities nationwide. In case of significant and potential long-term disruption of service at one or more centers, we will provide any needed updates through this website.
  

• Updated median MELD at transplant scores in effect; national median PELD at transplant decreases to 31
  Tuesday, October 1, 2024
  Individual values are updated twice each year.
  

• Upcoming OPTN webinar addresses virtual crossmatching best practices, trends and the future
  Tuesday, October 1, 2024
  Nov. 5, 2024, 2pm-3pm ET (webinar will be recorded for later viewing)
  

• An important message from the MPSC on best practices for organ verification and other recommendations
  Thursday, September 19, 2024
  The Membership and Professional Standards Committee shares opportunities for improvement with OPTN members.
  

• Two new kidney policy monitoring reports available
  Wednesday, September 18, 2024
  New reports capture six months and one year's worth of post-implementation data.
  

• Special public comment period to Update Criteria for Post-Transplant Graft Survival Transplant Performance Metrics
  Tuesday, September 17, 2024
  Register for a community town hall to learn more about proposed changes.
  

• OPTN Statement on blood culture bottle shortage
  Tuesday, September 17, 2024
  Blood cultures are required by OPTN policy and critical for patient safety.
  

• OPTN Member Evaluation Plan expansion update; annual updates to monitoring and compliance documents
  Tuesday, August 6, 2024
  Plan has been expanded to include additional existing OPTN monitoring practices, and annual updates to the OPTN monitoring and compliance documents have been released.
  

• New transplant performance metric now in effect, pre-transplant mortality rate ratio
  Monday, August 5, 2024
  Phase 3 of new system more holistically evaluates transplant program performance.
  

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