Table 3.6

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

Pancreas

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	2,261	2,382	2,623	2,779	2,742	2,988	2,919	2,942	2,833	2,901
Cardiac Arrest	42	38	40	34	26	33	22	24	16	23
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	78	96	101	102	217	264	255	348	304	323
Poor Organ Function/Infection	570	669	808	931	973	1,007	1,189	1,100	1,115	1,069
Donor Medical/Social History	199	279	323	369	342	439	367	380	367	419
Biopsy Findings	-	2	8	5	7	25	8	2	1	11
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	12	62	100	131	131	152	150	183	163	188
No Recipient Found (2)	500	513	541	466	484	439	395	436	408	386
Other	860	717	701	731	556	621	533	469	459	482
Unknown	-	6	1	10	6	8	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cardiac Arrest	1.9%	1.6%	1.5%	1.2%	0.9%	1.1%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	3.4%	4.0%	3.9%	3.7%	7.9%	8.8%	8.7%	11.8%	10.7%	11.1%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	25.2%	28.1%	30.8%	33.5%	35.5%	33.7%	40.7%	37.4%	39.4%	36.8%
Donor Medical/Social History	8.8%	11.7%	12.3%	13.3%	12.5%	14.7%	12.6%	12.9%	13.0%	14.4%
Biopsy Findings	-	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	0.5%	2.6%	3.8%	4.7%	4.8%	5.1%	5.1%	6.2%	5.8%	6.5%
No Recipient Found (2)	22.1%	21.5%	20.6%	16.8%	17.7%	14.7%	13.5%	14.8%	14.4%	13.3%
Other	38.0%	30.1%	26.7%	26.3%	20.3%	20.8%	18.3%	15.9%	16.2%	16.6%
Unknown	-	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	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.

Pancreata recovered for islets are excluded.