Operations & Safety Committee

The Operations and Safety Committee (OSC) seeks to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of the organ donation and transplantation system. The Committee reviews de-identified transplant and donation-related adverse events and near-misses reported to the OPTN by the transplant community, in order to identify potential improvements and policy revisions that may prevent future such occurrences. Based on input from the community and committee experience, and with collaboration from other committees as needed, the Committee may initiate, develop and recommend projects to the Board of Directors.

Current projects

Review

• Redefining Provisional Yes and the Approach to Organ Offer and Acceptance
• Optimizing Usage of Kidney Offer Filters

Board approved and pending implementation

• Deceased Donor Support Therapy Data Collection

Implemented

• Optimizing Usage of Offer Filters
• Modify Blood Type Determination and Reporting Policies (6/2020)
• Data Collection to Evaluate Organ Logistics and Allocation (9/2023)
• Guidance on Blood Type Determination (6/2020)
• Guidance on effective practices in broader distribution (1/2019)
• Guidance for ABO subtyping of Blood Type A and AB organ donors (1/2018)
• Reduce reporting burdens and clarify policies on extra vessels (1/2018)
• Standardize organ coding and tracking system (1/2016)

Committee members