• Organ transplants in United States set sixth consecutive record in 2018
  Monday, January 7, 2019
  Total transplants since 1988 exceed 750,000; living donor transplants highest in 13 years.
  

• Recall notice affects Sodium chloride vials
  Wednesday, December 12, 2018
  A manufacturer of retail drugs has issued a voluntary recall of a product used in recovery and preparation of donor lungs.
  

• SRTR modeling results available for kidney and pancreas distribution proposal
  Saturday, December 8, 2018
  Committees are developing proposed kidney and pancreas distribution policies to replace current Donation Service Area (DSA) and regional boundaries used in the current system.
  

• OPTN/UNOS Board approves updated liver distribution system
  Tuesday, December 4, 2018
  Will reduce geographic disparity, create consistent geographic areas
  

• Liver distribution proposal advances for board consideration
  Tuesday, November 6, 2018
  The proposal would replace fixed, irregular local and regional geographic boundaries historically used to match liver candidates based on the donor location.
  

• Applications coming soon regarding definition of transplant hospital
  Wednesday, October 10, 2018
  OPTN bylaw requirements updating the definition of a transplant hospital are expected to go into effect in December 2019.
  

• Special public comment period addresses liver distribution
  Thursday, October 4, 2018
  From October 8 through November 1, the OPTN/UNOS Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee seeks public comment on a proposal to replace Donation Service Areas (DSAs) and regions in distribution policies for livers and intestinal organs.
  

• SRTR modeling results are available for liver distribution proposal
  Sunday, September 23, 2018
  A special public comment period begins October 8.
  

• NLRB, liver distribution implementation postponed
  Tuesday, August 14, 2018
  The committee is working to replace the local Donation Service Area (DSA) and region as specific units of distribution with an alternative geographic framework. As a result, neither the NLRB nor the previously approved liver distribution policy will be implemented in 2018 as originally scheduled.
  

• Constituent council initiative tests options to improve committee structure
  Friday, August 10, 2018
  Two committees, Patient Affairs and Transplant Coordinators, are participating in the proof of concept.
  

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