• A new way for professionals to report patient safety events
  Sunday, April 27, 2014
  Learn how the online reporting system is changing and how it will benefit transplant professionals and patients.
  

• Board places The Methodist Hospital on probation
  Wednesday, March 12, 2014
  The Methodist Hospital is a member transplant hospital in Houston, Texas.
  

• The new kidney allocation system: basic preparations
  Monday, March 10, 2014
  This webinar provides basic information to prepare transplant professionals for new policy requirements.
  

• 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.
  

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