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   * Saving lives together
     
     
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     * WHY BE AN ORGAN DONOR?
       
       CURRENTLY, MORE THAN 100,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE AWAITING ORGAN
       TRANSPLANTS IN THE U.S.
       
       1 ORGAN DONOR CAN SAVE UP TO 8 LIVES.
       
       Register now
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     * Liver-intestine
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     * DATA & TRENDS >
     
     * Media resources
     * Issues & advocacy
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   * Spotlight
     * 2022 organ transplants set annual records
     * Driving system-wide progress to better serve patients
     * A UNOS-led collaborative increased DCD transplant 24% among participating
       organ procurement organizations
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     * Policy monitoring
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     * THERE ARE AN AVERAGE OF 117 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS EVERY DAY.
       
       
       WE’RE WORKING TO INCREASE THIS NUMBER. YOU CAN HELP.
       
       Give now
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     * Leadership
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     * Impact report
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     * How we match organs
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     * How we develop policy
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UNDERSTAND OPTN LUNG POLICY CHANGES

FOR PROFESSIONALS

FOR PATIENTS

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THE U.S. SURPASSED A HISTORIC MILESTONE IN 2022: 1 MILLION TRANSPLANTS

Getting to the next million, together


UNet

Powerful technology saving lives 24/7

Tracking organs in real time

Ensuring safe and efficient transportation

1 million new beginnings

Read patient and donor stories celebrating the gift of life


LUNG CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION POLICY NOW IN EFFECT

A new policy for matching lung transplant candidates with organs from deceased
donors is projected to decrease deaths among waitlisted patients and provide
more lung transplants for the most medically urgent candidates


THE ISSUES AT STAKE IN ORGAN TRANSPORTATION

A look at the intersecting challenges in organ transportation and the need for
national-level solutions to ensure donor organs get safely to patients in need


THE BEST OUTCOME FOR PATIENTS

Matthew Cooper, M.D., discussed equity, outreach and patient engagement at
recent ASTS conference


DRIVING SYSTEM-WIDE PROGRESS TO BETTER SERVE PATIENTS

Improvements address patient empowerment, equity and more


A YEAR OF LIFESAVING MILESTONES

Thanks to the selfless gift of organ donors and donor families, new all-time
records were set for transplantation in 2022


PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TOOL NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL KIDNEY PROGRAMS

New free tool gives transplant hospitals more information to help them make the
best decisions for their patients


INCREASING LIFESAVING LIVING DONATIONS

The national UNOS Liver Paired Donation pilot program aims to expand living
liver donations


KIDNEY WAITING TIME MODIFICATIONS

New policy action means some Black kidney candidates will be eligible to receive
additional waiting time. What will the board action mean for patients?


HOW DO WE TRACK POLICY SUCCESS?

We look at the data. Kidney transplant volumes up across all ethnicities, and
blood types. Liver transplants increased by 4.3 percent since policy
implementation.

Policy monitoring

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OPTIMIZING OUR NATION’S TRANSPLANT SYSTEM TO SAVE MORE LIVES

U.S. surpassed historic milestone of 1 million transplants in 2022. Learn how
we’re getting to the next million, together

Right now

104,101

people need an organ transplant*

2022 total

21,369
donors
January - December 2022 as of 03/02/2023

led to

42,888
transplants
January - December 2022 as of 02/06/2023

*Learn more about waiting for an organ transplant.

as of 03/02/2023

WHAT HAPPENED IN PUBLIC COMMENT? SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO SAY. VIEW
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UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING

We are the private, non-profit organization that manages the nation's organ
transplant system under contract with the federal government. Learn more.

Contact us

RESOURCES

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UNOS STORE

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HONORING DONORS

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GET INVOLVED

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LATEST NEWS


PEDIATRIC STATUS 1A AND 1B HEART AND HEART-LUNG CANDIDATES MAY HAVE EXPANDED
ACCESS TO INTENDED INCOMPATIBLE BLOOD TYPE OFFERS

On March 16, 2023, the OPTN Executive Committee approved immediate
implementation of a key portion of. the recently proposed policy to expand
eligibility criteria.


UNOS STATEMENT ON KIDNEY CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION POLICY IN DEVELOPMENT

The OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee intends for both prior and future
living donors to receive the same level of priority for a deceased donor organ
in the new framework as they receive in the current allocation system.


PATIENT STATUS CONFIRMATION LINK AVAILABLE IN UNET℠ BEGINNING APRIL 3, CLOSES
APRIL 24

Transplant programs are asked to confirm or update patient status for selected
patients.

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