• Feedback sought on OPTN strategic plan
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015
  The plan serves as a roadmap to help prioritize the OPTN's work through 2018.
  

• Study suggests little increase in number of potential organ donors
  Wednesday, March 11, 2015
  Transplant opportunities may exist in expanding donor acceptance criteria.
  

• Officers and board members elected - 2015
  Thursday, March 5, 2015
  First living kidney donor, non-clinician to become president.
  

• Applying for OPTN vascularized composite allograft transplant program approval
  Tuesday, March 3, 2015
  Here’s a list of membership requirements for VCA programs.
  

• Labs are reminded to provide a copy of their written agreement with transplant hospitals
  Monday, March 2, 2015
  New bylaws tell you specifically what to include.
  

• Some abdominal wall reconstruction procedures are considered vascularized composite allograft transplants
  Thursday, February 26, 2015
  Memo clarifies requirements for hospitals and OPOs.
  

• Webinar addresses OPTN Policies and the 2013 PHS Guideline for HIV, HBV and HCV
  Friday, February 20, 2015
  A recording of the instructional event and supporting materials are available.
  

• Changes to the lung allocation system
  Tuesday, February 17, 2015
  Learn more and access resources.
  

• Baxter Healthcare voluntary recall of irrigation sets
  Tuesday, February 10, 2015
  Seventeen specific lots of irrigation sets manufactured by Baxter Healthcare are subject to a voluntarily recall issued January 14, 2015.
  

• Journal article describes importance of communications in addressing potential donor-transmitted infections
  Monday, February 9, 2015
  Timely and effective communication of potential transmission events can help avert or minimize infection in recipients.
  

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