Industry Literature – Page 3

Making organ recovery transportation safer for transplant teams

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Despite a decade since a 2007 fatal plane crash involving a University of Michigan transplant team and pilots, there remain no federal standards regulating air and ground transportation of organ recovery personnel.

COVID-19 pandemic ignites collaboration in the transplant community

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UNOS collaborated with nine global transplant organizations and societies on four COVID-19 organ donation and transplant town hall webinars that have received more than 25,000 views.

How the COVID-19 pandemic spawned collaboration in the transplant community

A Q&A with American Society of Transplantation immediate-past president Emily Blumberg, M.D.

“I would have never foreseen the incredible positive force that such a collaboration could generate.

COVID-19 updates: April 24, 2020

Patient Q&A with UNOS Chief Medical Officer David Klassen

Navigating the coronavirus pandemic is difficult for everyone, but brings special challenges for transplant patients. In a new video series on TransplantLiving.org, UNOS Chief Medical Officer David Klassen, M.D., answers questions for patients about COVID-19 and the waiting list, temporary inactivation, donor testing,

Updates to OPO notification limits for electronic notification for heart, lung, and heart-lung matches

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OPO directors, administrators, data coordinators and clinical coordinators
Please share this notice with anyone in your organization who would benefit from this information.

Implementation date: April 6, 2020

Updates for electronic organ offer notifications provide additional efficiency and flexibility about how to offer organs

An update has been made for OPO electronic organ offer notification limits in DonorNet® to

COVID-19 updates: April 1, 2020

UNOS, ASTS, AOPO and AST all urge local recovery of organs

The donation and transplant community has expressed unified support for the surgical recovery of organs by local teams. UNOS, ASTS, AOPO and AST released statements regarding this important step in reducing exposure to COVID-19, safeguarding the health of clinicians and facilitating the continuation of organ

Eight-Hour Ex Situ Perfusion with Functional Assessment of an Adult Heart after 12 Hours Hypothermic Preservation: A Case Study

Ex situ heart perfusion (ESHP) allows resuscitation and functional assessment of marginal donor hearts to expand the donor pool. The current clinically available ESHP platform does not enable contractile assessment. We sought to determine if a marginal donor heart could be resuscitated and assessed on our custom ESHP system following an extended period of cold

Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion for Heart Procurement in High-Risk Transplantations: A Multicenter Study

Ex vivo heart perfusion is an innovative preservation technique, that permits graft assessment and extended out-of-body intervals. In times of high-risk recipients and donors with extended criteria, we hypothesized that its properties for prolonged heart preservation might be especially beneficial.

Minimizing Cardiac Oedema during Ex Vivo Perfusion in a Juvenile Porcine Model – How Much Does Coronary Flow Matter?

Transmedic Organ Care System (OCS) allows preservation of the donor heart by perfusing the organ at 34°C in a beating state and providing additional assessment options. The perfusion protocols as established by the manufacturer is valid for adult human hearts, using coronary flows in the 8-900ml/min range guided by lactate measurements. Higher flow can facilitate

Differences in Metabolic Profiles of Human Hearts after 6 Hour Preservation with a Novel Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Preservation Device Compared to Cold Storage

While cardiac transplantation remains the most effective therapy for end-stage heart failure, it continues to be plagued by a severe donor shortage. Many potentially suitable organs are not transplanted due to concerns of inadequate preservation with hypothermic static storage. Experimental and clinical studies suggest that machine perfusion preservation improves myocardial preservation. The purpose of this