• New Qualified Health Care Professional requirement as part of ABO policy changes
  Wednesday, March 2, 2016
  Qualified health care professional is a new term used in the ABO policy changes that will go into effect after June 1, 2016. Learn how to prepare.
  

• OPO leadership share their best practices
  Tuesday, February 23, 2016
  Clarity, leadership, and trust--A path to success. Four OPOs share how they increased the number of available organs for transplant.
  

• Journal article highlights donor potential study implications
  Friday, February 5, 2016
  The American Journal of Transplantation article addresses implications for transplant policy and practice based on the OPTN Deceased Donor Potential Study (DDPS).
  

• Board election to begin Feb. 9
  Wednesday, February 3, 2016
  OPTN/UNOS member voting representatives soon will be receiving information to cast ballots electronically for election of OPTN/UNOS Board officers and directors whose terms begin in July 2016.
  

• Guidance for organ donation and transplantation professionals regarding the Zika virus
  Wednesday, February 3, 2016
  The Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee, the American Society of Transplantation (AST), and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) offer information in light of recent spread of Zika virus.
  

• Guidance on zika virus
  Thursday, January 28, 2016
  The Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC) offers information to transplant centers and OPOs in light of recent spread of Zika virus.
  

• Advisory council formed for project to increase kidney utilization
  Thursday, January 28, 2016
  A national advisory committee will guide the planning and implementation of an OPTN pilot project.
  

• Heart allocation system webinar recording
  Wednesday, January 27, 2016
  Listen to a recording and view accompanying slides of the February 2 webinar that explained an OPTN proposal to modify the adult heart allocation system.
  

• Increasing the number of organs available for transplants
  Wednesday, January 20, 2016
  Region 4 OPO leadership shares effective practices in video recording; more information coming soon.
  

• More than 30,000 transplants performed annually for first time in United States
  Saturday, January 9, 2016
  Rate of organ transplants, deceased donation increased substantially.
  

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