Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation

The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.

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Organ transplantation

Sharing Agreement, Sharing Arrangement

Health care; Organ transplantation

The OPTN Board-approved arrangement entered into by two or more OPOs to share organs. With the exception of arrangements that are approved for a finite time period to test a hypothesis, OPOs ...

committees

Health care; Organ transplantation

The OPTN currently maintains approximately 20 standing committees, a fluctuating number of ad hoc committees (established by the President to address a specific issue as it arises), subcommittees and ...

finance committee

Health care; Organ transplantation

The OPTN standing committee chaired by the Treasurer. Primarily responsible for the organization's financial operations including approving the annual OPTN budget and recommending the OPTN member ...

ethics committee

Health care; Organ transplantation

The OPTN standing committee charged with considering ethical issues related to the process of organ procurement, distribution and transplantation. These issues include social impact, the relationship ...

organ center staff

Health care; Organ transplantation

The Organ Center staff consists of 18 full time Organ Placement Specialists, two Organ Center Managers, and a four- person Quality Management Team. The Organ Center day is divided into two 12-hour ...

organ center (OC)

Health care; Organ transplantation

The Organ Center within UNOS responsible for facilitating organ sharing among transplant centers, organ procurement organizations and histocompatibility laboratories across the U.S. The primary ...

lungs

Health care; Organ transplantation

The organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place, consisting of a right and left lung divided into lobes. The right lung has three lobes and the left lung has two lobes.