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The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States, established (42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.
The OPTN was given the authority to oversee the national distribution of organs. [2] Since the initial network contract was established in 1986, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has acted as the OPTN under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NOTA and subsequent regulations mandate that the OPTN prioritize fair patient ...
There are 57 such organizations in the United States, [1] each responsible for organ procurement in a specific region, and each a member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), a federally-mandated network managed by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) under federal contract.
The recent signing of The Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act heralds the beginning of a new era for organ transplantation. For the first time since the national ...
Such is the brutal math and the necessary optimism required to work in the organ procurement world. For the past several decades, a private network of now 57 organ procurement organizations (OPOs ...
The United States is divided into 11 geographic regions by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. [81] Between these regions, there are significant differences in wait time for patients on the organ transplant list.
OPTN may refer to: Optineurin Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network , operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing, which facilitates organ transplantation in the United States
UNOS requires that the various medical results must be current, i.e. obtained within the last six months, or the relevant factor is assigned a zero value. Exceptions can be made if a patient is deemed unable to complete a test due to his or her current condition.