In addition to providing helpful information to patients, UNOS is committed to providing resources to assist transplant professionals.
UNOS strives to enhance organ availability on a national level through communication and education of health care professionals. Coordinators also work directly with national health care organizations on issues such as:
- Understanding and overcoming the barriers to donation
- Implementing standard protocols for donor management
- Helping grieving families make the life-giving decision about organ donation
- Promoting organ donation in minority communities
- Promoting patient safety
Many additional professional resources are available:
- Transplant Pro Web site >
Access all UNOS member communication, organized into one, easy-to-navigation Web site. - UNOS Update >
Read news and information from UNOS’ bimonthly magazine. - Webinars >
Learn more about these online learning opportunities for transplant professionals. - Transplant Management Forum >
Plan now to attend this annual event for transplant professionals to learn more about strategies you need to improve operations of your transplant program. - UNOS Primer >
Learn more about this unique opportunity for transplant and organ procurement professionals to interact with UNOS staff to learn about donation and transplantation from a different perspective. - Policy Brochures >
Stay up to date with current organ allocation policy. - Allocation Calculators >
Learn more about the MELD/PELD, LAS, CPRA and KDPI Calculators. - Data Reports >
View the latest data about the status of U.S. organ donation and transplantation.