• Two year analysis shows effects of kidney allocation system
  Sunday, July 9, 2017
  Results show success in a number of key system goals.
  

• Voluntary recall of Cardinal Health brand sterile conventional syringes and needles
  Thursday, July 6, 2017
  International Medsurg Connection (IMC), a wholesale medical supply distributor, has voluntarily recalled its sterile conventional syringes and needles in Cardinal Health private label packaging. Your organization might have received notice from Cardinal Health about this recall. Learn more.
  

• Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee Updates June 2017
  Friday, June 30, 2017
  The committee continues work on various initiatives intended to promote equitable organ allocation and distribution.
  

• Journal article chronicles efforts to revise adult heart allocation policy
  Thursday, June 22, 2017
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation article describes collaborative efforts.
  

• Hospitals chosen for second phase of COIIN pilot
  Sunday, June 11, 2017
  Hospitals will create and test improvement projects and will share results.
  

• OPTN/UNOS Board approves national board to review exception priority for liver transplant candidates, guidance document for transplant candidate education
  Thursday, June 8, 2017
  The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, at its meeting June 5 and 6, approved a national system to assign liver allocation priority for candidates with exceptional medical conditions.
  

• Call for board of directors nominations
  Wednesday, June 7, 2017
  The OPTN/UNOS Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for the 2018-2019 Board of Directors.
  

• Board releases Methodist Hospital lab from probation
  Monday, June 5, 2017
  Full member privileges were restored for the Histocompatibility and Immunology Laboratory at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
  

• Board places Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital on probation
  Sunday, June 4, 2017
  Froedtert Hospital is a transplant hospital located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  

• Policy clarification on pre transplant crossmatch requirements
  Wednesday, May 31, 2017
  This information does not represent any change in OPTN policy.
  

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