Donor cornea procurement: Six-year review of the role of the eye bank in South Australia

K. A. Williams; M. A. White; P. R. Badenoch; T. R. Wedding; S. J. Alfrich; M. A. Sawyer; L. M. Noack; E. W. Johnstone; G. Zilm; D. J. Coster

Donor cornea procurement: Six-year review of the role of the eye bank in South Australia

K. A. Williams, M. A. White, P. R. Badenoch, T. R. Wedding, S. J. Alfrich, M. A. Sawyer, L. M. Noack, E. W. Johnstone, G. Zilm, D. J. Coster

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-89
Number of pages	13
Journal	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	18
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1990

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