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United Network for Organ Sharing

Contact Information

UNOS Communication Department
Post Office Box 2484

Richmond, VA 23218

1-888-894-6361 (Voice - Toll-free)
804-782-4800 (Voice)
804-782-4876 (Voice)
804-782-4817 (FAX)

Internet Resources

Abstract

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) coordinates the nation’s organ transplant system, providing vital services to meet the needs of men, women and children awaiting lifesaving organ transplants. Based in Richmond, Va., UNOS is a private, nonprofit membership organization. UNOS members encompass every transplant hospital, tissue matching laboratory and organ procurement organization in the United States, as well as voluntary health and professional societies, ethicists, transplant patients and organ donor advocates.

Publications

UNOS provides brochures on organ donation, donor cards, brochures developed for potential transplant recipients, lists of transplant centers, information kits with statistics, and fact sheets.

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Date Entered: 9/1/1997
Date Edited: 10/9/2012
Date Revised: 10/22/2006 3:24:52 PM
Health Referral Number: HR2433
Accession Number: DP92A1182
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