Dear ASHI Members,
As most of you know, there have been 18 new OPTN/UNOS Proposals out for public comment since late September and there have been meetings to discuss the issues involved in every UNOS Region. The Organ Transplant Section of your ASHI National Clinical Affairs Committee (NCAC) has reviewed the proposals and prepared comments for three of the proposals that directly affect our laboratories.
The three proposals that we have commented on are Proposal #5 that relates to requirements for centers involved with Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA), Proposal #15 that has some "quick fix" policy rewrites and, most importantly, Proposal #7 with Proposed Changes in the OPTN Bylaws Governing Histocompatibility Laboratories. Click here to view the comments submitted on behalf of ASHI's NCAC, however it is very important that each of you review the proposals yourselves and submit your own comments. All submitted comments are reviewed and the comments of any one individual count as much as those from any large organization.
Click here to review the proposals and send your own comments by December 5th.
Thanks for your participation in our important ASHI activities.
Marilyn Pollack, PhD, D(ABHI)
Chair, ASHI National Clinical Affairs Committee
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