• 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
  Submit your feedback and help us spread the word.
  

• Updated liver and intestinal organ allocation policy implemented Feb. 4
  Saturday, January 18, 2020
  New policy implemented Feb. 4.
  

• Donation service areas removed from thoracic allocation system
  Wednesday, January 15, 2020
  DSA has been replaced with a 250 nautical mile circle; policy language removed regarding prioritization of sensitized candidates within a DSA.
  

• Organ donation again sets record in 2019
  Tuesday, January 7, 2020
  Nearly 11,900 people provided the lifesaving gift of organ donation upon their death in 2019, an increase of 10.7 percent over 2018 and the ninth consecutive record-breaking year for deceased donation in the United States.
  

• Transplant hospital definition bylaws effective Jan. 13
  Monday, January 6, 2020
  The new requirements outline circumstances for transplant hospitals to operate in either one or more than one location.
  

• Patient Information Letter has been updated
  Friday, January 3, 2020
  All transplant programs should use the new letter no later than Jan. 31, 2020
  

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