• National Liver Review Board to be implemented April 30
  Saturday, March 23, 2019
  Most exception scores will convert at that time.
  

• Preview available for OPOs: new liver distribution match lists
  Tuesday, March 19, 2019
  The test site will be available from Tuesday, April 9 through Friday, April 19.
  

• Unexpected HCV donor-derived transmissions on the rise
  Saturday, March 9, 2019
  Fortunately, hepatitis B remains relatively uncommon in the U.S. and unanticipated HIV transmissions have not been documented since the new Public Health Service (PHS) Increased Risk Guidelines were put into place in 2013. However, unexpected hepatitis C (HCV) donor-derived transmissions have been on the rise. The OPTN, and specifically the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC), have reviewed these cases and made a number of observations.
  

• New board members named 2019
  Friday, March 1, 2019
  Their terms of service begin on July 1, 2019.
  

• Journal article shares preliminary findings from kidney utilization COIIN
  Monday, February 18, 2019
  An article published in the February 2019 issue of Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation presents recent findings from the three-year OPTN COIIN project.
  

• COIIN participants share process improvements at Learning Congress
  Monday, February 18, 2019
  More than 100 kidney transplant professionals attended the forum, representing 51 of the 58 participating centers.
  

• Journal article assesses kidney allocation system
  Monday, February 18, 2019
  

• National Liver Review Board implementation postponed
  Tuesday, February 5, 2019
  Implementation is deferred until May 14.
  

• OPTN Disease Transmission Advisory Committee Update
  Monday, February 4, 2019
  Keeping the transplant community informed of relevant safety issues
  

• March System Performance Committee meeting open for public participation
  Friday, January 25, 2019
  The OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc System Performance Committee will meet in Chicago March 11-12, 2019 to review and formalize their recommendations to drive transplant system performance and effectiveness. The meeting is open to the public.
  

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