Table 3.2

Reasons for Non-Use of Recovered Organs, 1993 to 2002

Kidney

Reason for Non-Use of Recovered Organs Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 566 652 798 941 949 1,068 1,294 1,429 1,386 1,275
Extended Ischemia Time - 20 39 23 21 26 25 28 38 25
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) - 70 113 129 140 136 187 208 172 151
Poor Organ Function/Infection - 4 17 138 102 148 173 215 228 212
Donor Medical/Social History - 72 53 62 67 58 59 66 58 56
Biopsy Findings - 139 308 329 360 398 457 543 504 531
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV - 28 63 61 51 49 51 41 46 57
No Recipient Found (2) - 6 10 52 65 63 72 75 86 62
Other - 160 169 133 133 180 172 153 112 93
Unknown - 2 26 14 10 10 98 100 142 88
Not Collected Prior to 4/94 566 151 - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Extended Ischemia Time - 3.1% 4.9% 2.4% 2.2% 2.4% 1.9% 2.0% 2.7% 2.0%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) - 10.7% 14.2% 13.7% 14.8% 12.7% 14.5% 14.6% 12.4% 11.8%
Poor Organ Function/Infection - 0.6% 2.1% 14.7% 10.7% 13.9% 13.4% 15.0% 16.5% 16.6%
Donor Medical/Social History - 11.0% 6.6% 6.6% 7.1% 5.4% 4.6% 4.6% 4.2% 4.4%
Biopsy Findings - 21.3% 38.6% 35.0% 37.9% 37.3% 35.3% 38.0% 36.4% 41.6%
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV - 4.3% 7.9% 6.5% 5.4% 4.6% 3.9% 2.9% 3.3% 4.5%
No Recipient Found (2) - 0.9% 1.3% 5.5% 6.8% 5.9% 5.6% 5.2% 6.2% 4.9%
Other - 24.5% 21.2% 14.1% 14.0% 16.9% 13.3% 10.7% 8.1% 7.3%
Unknown - 0.3% 3.3% 1.5% 1.1% 0.9% 7.6% 7.0% 10.2% 6.9%
Not Collected Prior to 4/94 100.0% 23.2% - - - - - - - -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

(1) = Organ Unsatisfactory: Organ Damage or Anatomic Abnormalities.

(2) = No Recipient Found: Recipient Not Located or List Exhausted.

Reasons for non-use not collected prior to April 1, 1994.

Includes organs recovered for transplant, but not transplanted.