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OPTN Board approves measures to improve kidney offer acceptance process

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Richmond, Va., – The Board of Directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, at its meeting June 26, unanimously approved measures intended to improve the process kidney transplant programs use to consider available organ offers. By making better usage of offer filters, kidney offers may be made more efficiently to programs that are most likely to accept such offers for their candidates.

“Every transplant program is responsible for deciding which characteristics of donor organs are acceptable for their transplant candidates,” said Jerry McCauley, M.D., M.P.H., president of the board. Read the full article from UNOS here.

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A pivotal moment for the organ donation and transplant community

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McBride addresses public concerns, calls for collaboration and shares vision for the future

By Maureen McBride, Ph.D., Interim UNOS CEO

This morning, I delivered remarks before the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Board of Directors in St. Louis during our semi-annual meeting. In them, I outlined my vision for community-wide efforts in the days, weeks, and months to come. I discussed critical issues facing the national system and how we can move forward together, acknowledging where we must improve, challenges we must address, and opportunities we must identify to best serve patients.

To read her complete remarks, read the blog from UNOS.

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