The Trump administration announced a proposal to strengthen oversight of the nation’s organ procurement organizations, which have faced growing scrutiny amid accusations of poor performance.
The proposed rule (RIN 0938-AU54), released Wednesday, would revise the definition of the circumstances that qualify as medically “unsound” and can subject an organ procurement organization to decertification.
Examples of “unsound practices” would include situations where OPOs fail to ensure a potential donor is declared dead according to applicable state laws or when they deliberately fail to perform necessary tests to determine whether a potential donor meets exclusionary criteria.
Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) ...
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