Table 3.3

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1993 to 2002

Kidney

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	385	469	534	536	616	744	709	796	839	858
Cardiac Arrest	4	10	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	2
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	30	40	45	24	59	85	63	87	92	97
Poor Organ Function/Infection	162	174	236	250	281	367	364	389	452	428
Donor Medical/Social History	44	64	80	127	98	105	89	112	114	122
Biopsy Findings	-	3	4	12	9	15	6	21	7	15
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	4	20	26	20	44	26	30	38	24	40
No Recipient Found (2)	19	39	24	15	26	30	30	45	29	42
Other	122	119	118	88	96	110	125	104	121	112
Unknown	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cardiac Arrest	1.0%	2.1%	-	-	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	-	-	0.2%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	7.8%	8.5%	8.4%	4.5%	9.6%	11.4%	8.9%	10.9%	11.0%	11.3%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	42.1%	37.1%	44.2%	46.6%	45.6%	49.3%	51.3%	48.9%	53.9%	49.9%
Donor Medical/Social History	11.4%	13.6%	15.0%	23.7%	15.9%	14.1%	12.6%	14.1%	13.6%	14.2%
Biopsy Findings	-	0.6%	0.7%	2.2%	1.5%	2.0%	0.8%	2.6%	0.8%	1.7%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	1.0%	4.3%	4.9%	3.7%	7.1%	3.5%	4.2%	4.8%	2.9%	4.7%
No Recipient Found (2)	4.9%	8.3%	4.5%	2.8%	4.2%	4.0%	4.2%	5.7%	3.5%	4.9%
Other	31.7%	25.4%	22.1%	16.4%	15.6%	14.8%	17.6%	13.1%	14.4%	13.1%
Unknown	-	-	0.2%	-	0.3%	0.3%	-	-	-	-

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-recovery are shown for all organs from deceased donors who donated at least one solid organ.