Discarded No More: HCV-Infected Organs Advance Transplantation

May 6, 2019

(Medscape) – Many of the HCV-positive donor organs are from drug overdose deaths, which have increased from 7 to 21 per 100,000 persons between 1999 and 2016. But if these potential donors otherwise meet the standard criteria for donation, this could dramatically tilt the supply-demand balance. The use of these organs might not only expand the donor pool for our patients but also affect waitlist mortality.