The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) on March 2 declared St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles to be a “Member Not in Good Standing,” marking the first time the organization has publicly sanctioned one of its members. The hospital announced its lawyers would challenge the sanction in court, claiming the group overstepped its [Sign in to read the full article...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 2 urged health care providers to inform patients who have received tissue implants from BioMedical Tissue Services (BTS) donors that they may be at increased risk of HIV-1 and 2, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and syphilis, and to test patients for these diseases. Agency representatives [Sign in to read the full article...]