OPTN Statement on blood culture bottle shortage
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Blood cultures are required by OPTN policy and critical for patient safety.

CDC advisory addresses shortage of blood culture bottles
Friday, August 2, 2024
CDC notice gives additional recommendations.

Test protocol to increase kidney usage approved
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Protocol testing will begin in August.

Job Announcement – Interim OPTN Executive Director
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Applicants must submit resume and cover letter no later than 11:59PM (ET) on July 31, 2024.

SRTR previews patient-oriented website design
Friday, June 28, 2024
Patients can explore interactive tools and plain language resources.

OPTN Board approves exclusion of race, hepatitis C status from estimate of deceased donor kidney function
Friday, June 28, 2024
The OPTN Board of Directors approves several policies at its meeting June 17-18, 2024.

Three-month monitoring report for updated liver urgency policy shows progress
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Next planned report will address six-month period after policy implementation.

National webinar for transplant professionals to provide information about July 2024 implementation of pre-transplant performance metric
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Webinar recording available.

Goals exceeded by participants in two national OPTN Collaboratives aimed at sharing organizational learning, driving improvement
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Executive reports with final data are now available for both Collaboratives.

Input sought on proposed protocol to increase kidney usage; virtual town hall May 20
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Feedback will be posted to protocol page.