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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.
Under current OPTN/ONUS guidelines, patients with cirrhosis and HCC who meet these criteria may be considered for transplantation. [2] Depending on the treatment algorithm, additional factors such as advanced liver disease (as classified by Child-Pugh score ) or evidence of portal hypertension may also affect suitability for transplantation.
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 ...
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 ...
For the past several decades, a private network of now 57 organ procurement organizations (OPOs) have sprouted up, all broadly affiliated with UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, a ...
United Health Foundation Gives $500,000 to United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to Help Expand Kidney Paired Donation Matching Service Goal is to provide every kidney transplant program in the ...
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.
In the United States, organ procurement is heavily regulated by United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to prevent unethical allocation of organs. [5] There are over 110,000 patients on the national waiting list for organ transplantation and in 2016, only about 33,000 organ transplants were performed. [ 43 ]