OPTN News

1/23/24: The OPTN offers 11 items for review during the winter 2024 public comment period and encourages the community to provide feedback.

1/19/24: Read an update on recently implemented actions that work to enhance equity in the nation’s organ donation and transplant system.

According to preliminary OPTN data, an increase in organ donors in 2023 led to annual record-setting trends in the U.S. organ transplantation system.

1/10/24: The OPTN Board unanimously approved updated requirements for member institutions to report events of particular concern due to patient safety risks.

12/21/23: OPTN will seek public comment on a series of proposed policies regarding the efficiency of the organ donation and transplant system.

12/21/23: See the list of nominees the OPTN Board of Directors approved for the annual board election, for the ballot opening in early 2024.

12/19/23: Read about a new report that evaluates key measures of a policy that set minimum donor criteria for when kidney biopsies must be performed by an OPO.

12/19/23: Learn how kidney transplant programs must attest by Jan. 3, 2024, that they have met requirements for eGFR waiting time modifications.

12/8/23: Read information from the OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) on the eGFR waiting time modifications deadline.

12/7/23: Learn how the CPRA calculation was adjusted for transplant candidates with certain HLA antigens listed, to align with OPTN policy.