• Kidney allocation system webinar - what referring physicians need to know
  Friday, February 28, 2014
  The webinar is being offered to raise awareness among referring physicians of the importance of early referral and pre-emptive listing for transplantation.
  

• DTAC develops toxoplasma screening e-learning module
  Monday, February 24, 2014
  This simple test can help reduce the number of unexpected donor-derived toxoplasma transmissions.
  

• Get involved: volunteer for an OPTN/UNOS committee
  Saturday, January 25, 2014
  We are especially interested in new nominees who have personal experiences with organ donation and/or transplantation.
  

• More transplants performed in 2013, but the need continues to grow
  Wednesday, January 22, 2014
  In 2013, 28,954 patients on the national transplant waiting list received a life-saving organ.
  

• Board addresses living donation policies and other issues
  Wednesday, November 13, 2013
  The board approved policies to create greater consistency in the medical and psychosocial evaluation and informed consent processes for living kidney donors and increase the level of clinical information reported on post-transplant outcomes for these donors.
  

• Board addresses donation upon circulatory death, advocacy for living donors, plain language policies
  Tuesday, November 12, 2013
  The board approved several actions at its November 2013 meeting.
  

• Board releases University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from probation
  Tuesday, November 12, 2013
  The action was taken at the November 2013 meeting.
  

• OPTN places New Mexico Donor Services on probation
  Saturday, November 9, 2013
  The organ procurement organization is responsible for coordinating organ donation throughout the state.
  

• New video explains donation, transplantation processes
  Tuesday, September 24, 2013
  The five-minute video is appropriate for audiences of virtually any age or education level.
  

• OPTN policy and bylaws changes effective September 1
  Friday, August 30, 2013
  We updated policies, bylaws and the OPTN evaluation plan.
  

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