• Special public comment period begins March 27 for guidance document
  Saturday, March 25, 2017
  Document addresses communication with patients regarding increased risk donors; April 4 webinar recording is available.
  

• 2017 board members and committee leadership named
  Tuesday, March 7, 2017
  Members of the national organ donation and transplantation community have elected 17 members to the board.
  

• FDA Alert Addresses Potentially Contaminated SPS-1 Static Preservation Solution
  Sunday, March 5, 2017
  Read FDA's most recent update published on March 9, 2017.
  

• Statement from Stuart Sweet about liver distribution discussion
  Thursday, March 2, 2017
  Stuart Sweet, M.D., Ph.D., is President of the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors.
  

• Most recent update (Jan. 29) on the bacterial contamination of SPS-1
  Thursday, January 26, 2017
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an additional Epi-X update regarding reports of potentially contaminated organ preservation solution. This is an update to information posted on January 12.
  

• Public comment open January 23 2017
  Monday, January 23, 2017
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• US organ transplants and deceased donors set new records in 2016
  Monday, January 9, 2017
  Transplants have increased nearly 20 percent in past five years.
  

• Phase 1 of COIIN pilot begins in January
  Friday, January 6, 2017
  Nineteen transplant hospitals are participating in the initial, pilot phase of the project.
  

• Journal article examines rise in kidney discard rate over time
  Monday, December 19, 2016
  A recent study analyzed factors underlying the steady increase in discards of deceased donor kidneys.
  

• Imminent and eligible definition data reporting changes
  Tuesday, December 13, 2016
  Effective Jan. 1, 2017; training available on UNOS Connect
  

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