• NLRB, liver distribution implementation postponed
  Tuesday, August 14, 2018
  The committee is working to replace the local Donation Service Area (DSA) and region as specific units of distribution with an alternative geographic framework. As a result, neither the NLRB nor the previously approved liver distribution policy will be implemented in 2018 as originally scheduled.
  

• Constituent council initiative tests options to improve committee structure
  Friday, August 10, 2018
  Two committees, Patient Affairs and Transplant Coordinators, are participating in the proof of concept.
  

• Ad Hoc Committee formed to address OPO, transplant center, system metrics
  Tuesday, August 7, 2018
  A new ad hoc committee will focus on studying the systems and relationships among OPOs and transplant centers. It will identify tools and principles that can be used to drive collaborative transplant systems performance improvement.
  

• Public comment sought
  Friday, August 3, 2018
  The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) offers policy proposals for public comment from August 3 through October 3, 2018.
  

• COIIN Learning Congress to share key lessons
  Wednesday, July 25, 2018
  Hospital participants will gather at a Learning Congress in Dallas August 7-8.
  

• Recall notice affects IV solutions
  Monday, July 23, 2018
  ICU Medical Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for four specified lots of intravenous sodium chloride solutions and one specified lot of intravenous dextrose solution due to the potential for flexible container leaks.
  

• Call for nominations: 2019-2020 OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors
  Wednesday, June 20, 2018
  You may nominate yourself or a colleague for a board position by submitting a biography form.
  

• OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
  Sunday, June 10, 2018
  Lung distribution, member review process, informed consent requirements also addressed
  

• OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors releases Indiana Donor Network and Gulf Coast Medical Center from probation
  Tuesday, May 1, 2018
  At a teleconference May 2, 2018, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors restored full member privileges for Indiana Donor Network and Gulf Coast Medical Center.
  

• New booklet advises parents of pediatric transplant patients
  Tuesday, April 24, 2018
  A new resource booklet, “What Every Parent Needs to Know,” is available for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents who need or receive an organ transplant.
  

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