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Table 3.17

Reasons for Non-Use of Recovered Organs, 1992 to 2001

Lung

Reason for Non-Use of Recovered Organs	Year
Reason for Non-Use of Recovered Organs	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	33	48	53	58	80	62	64	66	39	51
Extended Ischemia Time	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	4	1	1
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	-	-	8	13	9	4	12	11	9	7
Poor Organ Function/Infection	-	-	-	5	23	13	15	13	9	12
Donor Medical/Social History	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	-	1	-
Biopsy Findings	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	1	-
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV	-	-	2	2	-	-	4	-	-	-
No Recipient Found (2)	-	-	1	-	12	4	7	14	4	11
Other	-	-	27	28	21	29	19	6	6	8
Unknown	-	-	2	8	8	9	2	18	8	12
Not Collected Prior to 4/94	33	48	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Extended Ischemia Time	-	-	-	1.7%	1.3%	3.2%	3.1%	6.1%	2.6%	2.0%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	-	-	15.1%	22.4%	11.3%	6.5%	18.8%	16.7%	23.1%	13.7%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	-	-	-	8.6%	28.8%	21.0%	23.4%	19.7%	23.1%	23.5%
Donor Medical/Social History	-	-	3.8%	1.7%	-	-	4.7%	-	2.6%	-
Biopsy Findings	-	-	-	-	7.5%	1.6%	-	-	2.6%	-
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV	-	-	3.8%	3.4%	-	-	6.3%	-	-	-
No Recipient Found (2)	-	-	1.9%	-	15.0%	6.5%	10.9%	21.2%	10.3%	21.6%
Other	-	-	50.9%	48.3%	26.3%	46.8%	29.7%	9.1%	15.4%	15.7%
Unknown	-	-	3.8%	13.8%	10.0%	14.5%	3.1%	27.3%	20.5%	23.5%
Not Collected Prior to 4/94	100.0%	100.0%	20.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.

(%) = 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.

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