Explore the OPTN’s policy projects in various stages from development through implementation.
Require Patient Notification for Waitlist Status Changes - Transplant Coordinators Committee
Require West Nile Virus Seasonal Testing for All Donors - Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory (DTAC)
Modify Guidance for Pediatric Heart Exception Requests to Address Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Equipment Shortage - Heart Transplantation
Establish Comprehensive Multi-Organ Allocation Policy - Ad Hoc Multi Organ
Continuous Distribution of Kidneys, Winter 2025 - Kidney Transplantation
Continuous Distribution of Pancreata, Winter 2025 - Pancreas Transplantation
Continuous Distribution of Kidneys Update, Summer 2024 - Kidney Transplantation
Continuous Distribution of Pancreata Update, Summer 2024 - Pancreas Transplantation
Continuous Distribution of Livers & Intestines Update, Summer 2024 - Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation
Continuous Distribution of Hearts Update, Summer 2024 - Heart Transplantation
Identify Priority Shares in Kidney Multi-Organ Allocation - Ad Hoc Multi Organ
Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata Update - Kidney Transplantation and Pancreas Transplantation
Update on Continuous Distribution of Hearts - Heart Transplantation
Concepts for Modifying Multi-Organ Policies - Ad Hoc Multi Organ
Efficiency and Utilization in Kidney and Pancreas Continuous Distribution Request for Feedback - Kidney Transplantation and Pancreas Transplantation
Concepts for a Collaborative Approach to Living Donor Data Collection - Living Donor
Update on Continuous Distribution of Livers and Intestines, 2023 - Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation
Clarification of OPO and Living Donor Recovery Hospital Requirements for Organ Donors with HIV Positive Test Results - Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory (DTAC)
Continuous Distribution of Hearts - Heart Transplantation
Update on Continuous Distribution of Livers and Intestines - Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation
Ethical Evaluation of Multiple Listing - Ethics
Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata Committee Update - Kidney Transplantation and Pancreas Transplantation
Require Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Confirmatory Typing for Deceased Donors - Histocompatibility
Redefining Provisional Yes and the Approach to Organ Offer and Acceptance - Operations and Safety (OSC)
Optimizing Usage of Kidney Offer Filters - Operations and Safety (OSC)
Redesign Map of OPTN Regions - Executive
Proposal to Revise the OPTN Charter - Executive
Reinstatement of Updates to Candidate Data During the COVID-19 Emergency - Executive
Continuous Distribution of Kidneys & Pancreata Request for Feedback - Kidney Transplantation and Pancreas Transplantation
Update on OPTN Regional Review Project - Executive
Update on Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata - Kidney Transplantation and Pancreas Transplantation
Reassess Inclusion of Race in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Equation - Minority Affairs and Kidney Transplantation
Develop Measures for Primary Graft Dysfunction in Hearts - Heart Transplantation
Update Transplant Program Key Personnel Training and Experience Requirements - Membership and Professional Standards (MPSC)
Update on the Continuous Distribution of Organs Project - Lung Transplantation
Data Collection to Assess Socioeconomic Status and Access to Transplant - Minority Affairs
Measuring Transplant Outcomes by Collecting Data on Children Born to Uterus Recipients - Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Transplantation
Continuous distribution of lungs concept paper - Lung Transplantation and Thoracic Organ Transplantation
MELD exception scores during NLRB transition - Executive
Concept paper on improving the OPTN UNOS committee structure - Executive
Concept paper on expedited organ placement - Organ Procurement Organization (OPO)
Deceased donor initiated KPD chains - Kidney Transplantation
Broaden pancreas allocation across compatible ABO blood types - Pancreas Transplantation
Escalation of Status for Time on Left Ventricular Assist Device - Heart Transplantation
Histocompatibility HLA Table Update 2025 - Histocompatibility
Expedited Placement Variance - Executive
Ethical Analysis of Normothermic Regional Perfusion - Ethics
Change Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA) Calculation - Histocompatibility
Establish OPTN Requirement for Race- Neutral eGFR Calculations - Minority Affairs and Kidney Transplantation
Enhance Transplant Program Performance Monitoring System - Membership and Professional Standards (MPSC)