Learning objectives:

Explain donor characteristics that raise concern for increased risk of recent HIV, hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C infection
Explain how to approach donors with death from encephalitis of unknown etiology
Discuss clues to raise concern for other transmissible infections in donors and how to manage the recipient postoperatively when the organs are accepted
Discuss the risk-benefit of accepting vs discarding organs for certain donor-recipient scenarios
Explain how to manage recipients of organs from donors with bacteremia or other bacterial infections.

Nicole Theodoropoulos MD, MS, FAST

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center