Table 3.8

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

Liver

Reason for Non-Use of Recovered Organs	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	193	272	281	280	313	283	306	301	264	187
Extended Ischemia Time	-	5	5	3	4	2	6	5	5	5
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	-	20	39	25	39	14	24	27	25	15
Poor Organ Function/Infection	-	-	6	48	43	42	41	40	34	26
Donor Medical/Social History	-	5	10	7	5	4	5	4	2	5
Biopsy Findings	-	83	129	128	136	129	130	143	125	89
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV	-	6	13	11	16	10	10	6	6	5
No Recipient Found (2)	-	10	7	19	8	15	12	18	11	10
Other	-	70	62	34	56	61	39	26	28	19
Unknown	-	1	10	5	6	6	39	32	28	13
Not Collected Prior to 4/94	193	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Extended Ischemia Time	-	1.8%	1.8%	1.1%	1.3%	0.7%	2.0%	1.7%	1.9%	2.7%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	-	7.4%	13.9%	8.9%	12.5%	4.9%	7.8%	9.0%	9.5%	8.0%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	-	-	2.1%	17.1%	13.7%	14.8%	13.4%	13.3%	12.9%	13.9%
Donor Medical/Social History	-	1.8%	3.6%	2.5%	1.6%	1.4%	1.6%	1.3%	0.8%	2.7%
Biopsy Findings	-	30.5%	45.9%	45.7%	43.5%	45.6%	42.5%	47.5%	47.3%	47.6%
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV	-	2.2%	4.6%	3.9%	5.1%	3.5%	3.3%	2.0%	2.3%	2.7%
No Recipient Found (2)	-	3.7%	2.5%	6.8%	2.6%	5.3%	3.9%	6.0%	4.2%	5.3%
Other	-	25.7%	22.1%	12.1%	17.9%	21.6%	12.7%	8.6%	10.6%	10.2%
Unknown	-	0.4%	3.6%	1.8%	1.9%	2.1%	12.7%	10.6%	10.6%	7.0%
Not Collected Prior to 4/94	100.0%	26.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.