Table 3.9

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

Liver

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	802	774	788	717	653	708	690	757	706	649
Cardiac Arrest	41	30	40	29	20	13	10	13	12	8
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	33	44	34	36	70	83	109	128	136	141
Poor Organ Function/Infection	333	313	305	279	286	323	301	303	272	246
Donor Medical/Social History	76	100	71	72	52	46	43	55	47	34
Biopsy Findings	-	36	71	85	73	84	76	89	72	76
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	6	32	48	65	41	52	42	45	45	30
No Recipient Found (2)	67	64	61	50	55	46	58	75	76	59
Other	246	154	157	99	53	61	51	49	46	55
Unknown	-	1	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cardiac Arrest	5.1%	3.9%	5.1%	4.0%	3.1%	1.8%	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%	1.2%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	4.1%	5.7%	4.3%	5.0%	10.7%	11.7%	15.8%	16.9%	19.3%	21.7%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	41.5%	40.4%	38.7%	38.9%	43.8%	45.6%	43.6%	40.0%	38.5%	37.9%
Donor Medical/Social History	9.5%	12.9%	9.0%	10.0%	8.0%	6.5%	6.2%	7.3%	6.7%	5.2%
Biopsy Findings	-	4.7%	9.0%	11.9%	11.2%	11.9%	11.0%	11.8%	10.2%	11.7%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	0.7%	4.1%	6.1%	9.1%	6.3%	7.3%	6.1%	5.9%	6.4%	4.6%
No Recipient Found (2)	8.4%	8.3%	7.7%	7.0%	8.4%	6.5%	8.4%	9.9%	10.8%	9.1%
Other	30.7%	19.9%	19.9%	13.8%	8.1%	8.6%	7.4%	6.5%	6.5%	8.5%
Unknown	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%	-	-	-	-	-

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