The United Network for Organ Sharin...

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), operator of the Organ contrivance and Transplantation Network, has adopted of the present day policies and procedures designed to provide additional safeguards for patients receiving organ transplants, according to a June 27 2003 recently made knowns release from UNOS. The fresh policies and procedures for organ matching and distribution clarify the specific characters of organ procurement organizations and transplantation center in ensuring that arrangements are in place to verify and reverify critical information about candidates for transplantation and donor organs before a transplantation is performed. guide policy enhancements include that

* progeny type is verified by at least sum of two units staff members at both the army organ procurement organization (OPO) and the transplant hospital,

* transplant program personnel check donor vital current type when the organ arrives and compare it to the potential recipient's descendants type, and

* transplantation center and OPO's retain records of these verification deeds which then are subject to routine UNOS audits.

OPTN/UNOS make acceptables Additional Safeguards for Patient Safety in Organ Transplants (new release, Richmond, Va: United Network for Organ Sharing, June 27 2003) http://www.unos.org/news/newsDetaiL.asp?id =273 (accessed 1 Aug 2003)

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