OPTN/UNOS board designates St. Vincent Medical Center "Member Not in Good Standing".(Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)(United Network for Organ Sharing)

From: Transplant News | Date: March 16, 2006| Author: Warren, Jim | Copyright information

For the first time in its 20 year history, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has publicly reprimanded a member transplant center for violating federal regulations.

At a hastily called meeting in Chicago, St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles was designated a "Member Not in Good Standing" by the OPTN/UNOS board of directors and will remain so until hospital officials are able to demonstrate it has implemen...

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