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OPTN Webinar for Professionals Addresses the Lung Offer Filters Tool
Offer Filters expanding to lung, liver and heart in 2024.
OPTN Task Force Sets Goal of Achieving 60,000 Transplants by 2026
The OPTN Expeditious Task Force embarks on ambitious project to save more lives, increase efficiency.
Community Feedback Needed on Development of Policy for Continuous Distribution of Hearts
Input received from patients and transplant professionals during the winter 2024 public comment period will inform future policy development.
Public Comment Open From Jan. 23 Through March 19, 2024
The OPTN is offering 11 items for review, including one proposal, one guidance documents, two request for feedback, three data collections, and four policy proposals.
Ensuring Equity in the Nation’s Organ Donation and Transplant System
All 230 active kidney programs attest to completing eGFR waiting time modifications policy requirements.
Continued increase in organ donation drives new records in 2023; New milestones exceeded
More than 46,000 total transplants performed.
OPTN Board Approves Improvements to Reporting of Potential Patient Safety Events
Process for reporting enhanced, clarified.
Special Comment Period for Expedited Placement Variance
The OPTN seeks feedback on the “Expedited Placement Variance,” which proposes expedited organ placement and seeks more rapid studies of potential improvement.
Nominees Chosen for 2024 Board of Directors Election
Newly elected members will begin their terms in July 2024.
Deceased kidney donors recovered increase six-months post-implementation minimum donor criteria for kidney biopsies
Early monitoring shows no substantial increases in the percentage of donors being biopsied after this policy change.