• OPTN to launch a collaborative improvement project to increase recovery of DCD organs
  Wednesday, October 28, 2020
  Participating OPOs will work to identify and share effective practices related to DCD procurement processes.
  

• Updated monitoring report available for liver policy, National Liver Review Board
  Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  Report addresses first six months of acuity circle distribution.
  

• Policy changes to kidney and pancreas allocation to implement Dec. 15
  Tuesday, October 20, 2020
  Professional education to be released in November.
  

• Preview available for OPOs: New kidney and pancreas distribution match lists
  Wednesday, October 14, 2020
  The test site will be available from Monday, Nov. 2 through Friday, Nov. 13.
  

• OPTN Board approves transplant candidate diagnoses associated with COVID-19 related organ failure
  Wednesday, October 14, 2020
  The purpose of adding these options is to specify when COVID-19 related organ failure is the cause for lung and heart transplant candidate listing,
  

• Upcoming update to OPTN website
  Monday, October 5, 2020
  Beginning Oct. 15, requests to access https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov using the transport layer security (TLS) 1.1 encryption algorithm will not be accepted. TLS 1.1 is an outdated encryption algorithm, and some of its components are deprecated.
  

• SRTR contract renewed
  Friday, October 2, 2020
  HHRI to operate as SRTR for third contract term.
  

• Updated contact form available on OPTN website
  Monday, September 28, 2020
  New form more customized to user input.
  

• VCA transplant programs to begin reapplication period Oct. 8 ahead of new Bylaws
  Tuesday, September 22, 2020
  All current OPTN-approved VCA programs must show they meet new requirements on new application forms.
  

• AJT article reports on 10 years of potential donor-derived transmission events
  Friday, September 18, 2020
  It is very rare for patients receiving transplants to have a donor-derived disease transmission, according to a July study published online in the American Journal of Transplantation.
  

Click on a page number to view more news in chronological order.