OPTN News

10/24/24: The OPTN Executive Committee has updated two OPTN regions due to an OPO merger. OPTN region 11 is incorporating 16 counties formerly in region 10.

10/18/24: Find OPTN's report on social determinants of health - like environmental conditions where people live or work - among transplant patients.

10/18/24: Read about a report on the effects of liver allocation policy changes made to improve candidate priority based on medical urgency.

10/9/24: Learn about the OPTN's dedication to assisting member institutions, transplant candidates, and living donors in the event of natural disaster.

10/1/24: The OPTN confirms that updated median MELD at transplant scores are in effect. The national median PELD at transplant value has decreased to 31.

10/1/24: Learn about an OPTN webinar for OPO, transplant hospital, histocompatibility lab, and kidney transplant professionals on virtual crossmatching trends.

9/19/24: Read a message from the OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) on best practices for organ verification and other topics.

9/18/24: Learn about two OPTN data monitoring reports that evaluate key measures of two related kidney policies that were implemented in 2022 and 2023.

9/17/24: Read the OPTN statement on disruptions in availability of Becton Dickinson (BD) BACTEC Blood Culture Bottles.

9/17/24: OPTN is seeking feedback on a proposal designed to remove barriers to increasing the number of transplants in 2026.