New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system in effect Feb. 4, 2020
New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4, 2020
New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system based on acuity circles implemented Feb. 4, 2020
The new liver allocation policy went into effect today, May 14, along with changes to the process for evaluating and assigning liver exception scores.
The proposal would replace fixed, irregular local and regional geographic boundaries historically used to match liver candidates based on the donor location.
From October 8 through November 1, the OPTN/UNOS Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee seeks public comment on a proposal to replace Donation Service Areas (DSAs) and regions in distribution policies for livers and intestinal organs.
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