Table 1.

General contraindications to organ donation

Contraindication	Notes
Multi-system organ failure due to sepsis
History of cancer	Except: skin cancer other than melanoma, certain primary brain tumors, remote prostate cancer
Viral infections	HIV, HTLV I, II, rabies, reactive HbsAg, measles, West Nile virus, SARS, adenovirus, enterovirus, parvovirus, active HSV, VZV, EBV, viral encephalitis/meningitis
	Hepatitis B or C organs can be transplanted into recipients with the same virus
	CMV + organs can be transplanted- better success if recipient is prophylaxed
Bacterial infections	Tuberculosis, gangrenous bowel, bowel perforation, intra-abdominal sepsis
Fungal infections	Active cryptococcus, aspergillus, Histoplasma, coccidioides, candidemia, invasive yeast infections
Parasitic infections	Leishmania, trypanosoma, strongyloides, malaria
Prion disease	CJD, vCJD, fatal familial insomnia, Gerstmann–Straussler Scheinker

Please confer with your local organ donor organization as some contraindications are relative

HTLV Human T lymphotrophic virus, HbsAg Hepatitis B surface antigen, SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome, HSV herpes simplex virus, VZV varicella zoster virus, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, CMV cytomegalovirus, CJD Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, vCJD variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease