• HOPE Act Update: First transplants performed
  Saturday, March 26, 2016
  Two transplants have been performed under the provisions of the federal HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (also known as the HOPE Act) in the four months since its implementation. Three transplant hospitals have enrolled with the OPTN to participate in research studies, and five candidates have been listed to receive transplants to date.
  

• Officers and board members elected 2016
  Monday, March 7, 2016
  Terms of service begin July 1, 2016.
  

• OPTN/UNOS Board places Histocompatibility and Immunology Laboratory at Methodist Hospital on probation
  Thursday, March 3, 2016
  This designation is specific to the laboratory only and does not apply to the transplant programs associated with Methodist Hospital.
  

• 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.
  

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