The nonprofit group that manages the complex national system for assigning organs to transplant patients has issued a two-week extension to a major company at risk of losing access to its database.
The United Network for Organ Sharing has given Buckeye Transplant Services until July 19 to comply with its demands on use of transplant data. The extension offers a reprieve to the 63 hospitals and transplant centers that rely on Buckeye to evaluate the suitability of organs for potential recipients. Nathan Kottkamp, an attorney for UNOS, wrote to lawyers for Buckeye this week to notify the company of the extension, according to a copy of an email shared with The Washington Post.
UNOS has threatened to cut off Buckeye from its database, asserting that the company uses an automated tool to retrieve unauthorized data from its network. Without access to the national system used to offer and accept hearts, livers and other vital organs from deceased donors, known as DonorNet, the company would effectively be out of business.
Buckeye, which has 180 employees, said it is the largest organ-screening company in the United States. The company said it evaluated 280,000 organ offers in 2022 and was involved in 5,900 organ transplants. Doctors performed a record number of transplants — nearly 43,000 — in the United States last year at some 250 facilities across the country, according to UNOS.Medical experts disagree about the potential impact of UNOS taking away access from Buckeye.
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