(622) First Report on the Performance of the National OCS Program (NOP) in U.S. Heart and Lung Transplants

PurposeNOP utilizes a national network of dedicated cardiothoracic surgical procurement and Organ Care System (OCS) ex-vivo perfusion clinical expertise. The NOP was established to: maximize the utilization donor hearts lungs for transplantation; overcome logistical infrastructural burden distant organ allocation; standardize quality care assessment allografts by minimizing learning curves; to establish better work-life balance valuable transplant staff at programs.MethodsWe sixteen launching points across continental U.S. provide broad geographical coverage facilitate organs (Figure 1). Each launch point is equipped with OCS heart lung systems, procurement, entire program supported 24X7 hotline coordinators team timely response programs’ demand procurements.ResultsFrom January October 2022 there were 321 transplants from DBD DCD donors performed on technology 35 programs. percent in these cases shown Figure 2.ConclusionIn its first year operation, has been successfully integrated process US growing. Importantly, growing confidence leveraging points. continued adoption programs could potentially lead significant increase volume We procurements. From 2. In