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Understanding the Vital Role of UNOS in Organ Donation and Transplantation

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In the U.S., countless patients await life-saving organs due to severe shortages. UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) plays a critical role in this process. As a non-profit organization, UNOS oversees the organ procurement and transplantation system, ensuring equitable access and managing the national transplant waiting list. Their policies are grounded in scientific research and community feedback, promoting organ availability and ethical practices to save lives. Awareness initiatives, like Donate Life America, highlight the need for more donors to improve outcomes for patients nationwide.

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Understanding the Vital Role of UNOS in Organ Donation and Transplantation

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  1. A man in Seattle needs a new heart to go on living . . .

  2. A Chicago woman’s liver is failing . . .

  3. A boy in Boston waits for a kidney to release him from daily dialysis . . .

  4. And a family in Denver decides to donate the organs of a family member who has died . . .

  5. What’s the Connection? ?

  6. UNOS Organization • Non-profit and charitable • Membership organization • Government contractor

  7. National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 (NOTA) • Prohibited buying/selling organs • Created Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) • Established Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

  8. What OPTN/UNOS Does • Facilitates organ distribution, transplantation • Establishes equitable policies • Maintains national transplant waiting list • Monitors members for policy compliance • Collects/validates/reports transplant data • Promotes organ availability

  9. Who Are Our Members?As of May 2012 Transplant Centers 242 Organ Procurement Orgs. 58 Histocompatibility Labs 156 Public Orgs. 6 Medical/Scientific Orgs. 16 Individual Members 7

  10. Organ Matching Donor organ National computer matching system Potential recipient list Transplant Patients waiting

  11. Organ Matching Criteria • Medical urgency • Tissue match • Blood type • Waiting time • Organ size • Immune status • Geographic distance

  12. UNOS Regional Map

  13. Policy Development • Process is flexible • May take as little as 3 months or as long as several years • Could involve thousands of individuals Transplant Community Input Committee(s) Issue Public Comment Process Board of Directors Policy

  14. Organ Specific Thoracic Liver/Intestine Kidney Pancreas OPO Organ Availability Finance Transplant Administrators Policy Oversight International Relations Disease Transmission Advisory Membership & Professional Standards Ethics Histocompatibility Patient Affairs Minority Affairs Pediatrics Living Donor Transplant Coordinators Operations OPTN/UNOS Committees

  15. Deceased and Living Donors2002 - 2011

  16. Our ChallengeThe U. S. Organ Shortage 120,000 90,000 60,000 30,000 2001 2003 2005 2009 2011 Donors Transplants Patients Waiting

  17. Promoting Organ Availability • Public awareness through Donate Life America and local affiliates • Identifying and sharing best practices • Education/Collaboration involving transplant and other health professionals

  18. TransplantsSave Lives

  19. www.unos.org

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