Allocation is facilitated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). They create the guidelines for listing patients for transplant, define allocation procedures, and manage the entire waiting list. A recipient list by organ is created by UNOS for each donor. NORS will work through the list trying to find acceptance for each transplantable organ. Variables such as blood type, tissue type, recipient condition, donor condition, size, weight and more are taken into consideration when running lists. In order to ensure that the gifts can be maximized, a back-up recipient is established to avoid discarding any transplantable organs.
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