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3. Donor cornea procurement: six-year review of the role of the eye bank in South Australia.

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Williams KA, White MA, Badenoch PR, Wedding TR, Alfrich SJ, Sawyer MA, Noack LM, Johnstone EW, Zilm G, and Coster DJ

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Allied Health Personnel, Australia, Child, Child, Preschool, Eye Banks standards, Female, Forecasting, Health Education, Humans, Male, Medical Records, Middle Aged, Organ Preservation methods, Organ Preservation standards, Public Relations, Tissue Donors supply & distribution, Corneal Transplantation, Eye Banks organization & administration, Tissue Banks organization & administration, Tissue and Organ Procurement
Abstract

The Lions Eye Bank of South Australia was established six years ago and has collected corneas from 790 donors. The consent rate is currently 82% of requests made. Two-thirds of donors have been male, with mean donor age/year varying from 54 to 64 years (range two to 93 years). Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, trauma and haemorrhage account for 80% of all donor deaths. Mean death to enucleation time is five hours. Corneas assessed as being of excellent or very good quality are released preferentially from the bank; those with central endothelial cell counts of less than 1500 cells/mm2 are discarded. Fewer than 1% of donors have returned a positive result for HIV or hepatitis B. Of the 1580 corneas collected by the bank, 863 (55%) have been used for transplantation with a primary non-function rate of 0.46%. The evolving policies, logistics of operation and methodologies employed by the bank are described in detail.

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1990
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