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National Collaborative Focusing on Organ Offer Acceptance to Enhance System Efficiency Will Kick Off in Person in January 2023
More than 80 transplant programs are participating in the project.
2022 organ transplants again set annual records; organ donation from deceased donors continues 12-year record-setting trend
Total kidney transplants exceeded 25,000 for the first year ever; annual records also set for liver, heart and lung transplants.
OPTN Board approves waiting time adjustment for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
Race-inclusive eGFR calculations have been shown to disadvantage Black people with kidney disease.
Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election
Voting members will receive election materials in January 2023.
United States reaches milestone of one million organ transplants
Milestone reflects accelerating trend in donation and transplantation.
OPTN Board approves elimination of race-based calculation for transplant candidate listing
The action, to take effect July 27, will ensure that all candidates are consistently assessed in an equitable fashion.
Updated race and ethnicity labeling coming to OPTN data reports
Changes will make summary reporting of data clearer and easier for users to interpret.
All-time records again set in 2021 for organ transplants, organ donation from deceased donors
Deceased donation sets record for eleventh consecutive year.
Workgroup to examine use of race-based adjustment to kidney calculation
Group will study impact of adjustment to eGFR.
Median MELD and PELD at transplant scores to be updated March 25
As of Wednesday, March 25, 2020, updated median MELD at transplant (MMaT) and median PELD at transplant (MPaT) scores will be used as a basis for assigning exception scores for liver transplant candidates.