TABLE 2.
Recovered Donors Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 With Postmortem Testing
Donor | Donor Age | Cause of Death | Testing Site | COVID Exposure | Potential COVID Symptoms | Chest X-Ray | Days Before Death With Negative Test | Medical Director Consulted |
1 | 51 | Heart disease | Eversight | None | Dry cough and weakness that resolved 1 day before death | N/A | Yes | |
2* | 66 | Heart disease | Eversight | None | None | N/A | No | |
3 | 67 | Heart disease | Eversight | None | Chronic cough because of medication | N/A | No | |
4 | 64 | Other | Eversight | None | None | N/A | No | |
5* | 72 | Respiratory disease | Eversight | None | None | Unremarkable | 4 | No |
6 | 66 | Cancer | Eversight | None | None | N/A | 5 | No |
7* | 59 | Cerebrovascular accident | Eversight | None | Developed pneumonia in hospital | Stable dense retrocardiac consolidation | 13 | Yes |
8 | 72 | Respiratory disease | Eversight | None | Difficulty breathing for 2 days and a dry cough for a few weeks | N/A | Yes | |
9 | 57 | Cerebrovascular accident | Eversight | None | Respiratory complaints for 1 day | Diffuse interstitial infiltrates bilaterally | Yes | |
10 | 17 | Trauma | Eversight | None | None | N/A | No | |
11 | 70 | Cancer | Eversight | None | None | N/A | 11, 16, and 21 | No |
12 | 35 | Trauma | Eversight | None | None | Unremarkable | 5 | No |
13 | 70 | Cerebrovascular accident | Eversight | None | None | Unremarkable | 9 | No |
14 | 60 | Heart disease | OPO | None | None | N/A | No | |
15 | 41 | Other | OPO | None | None | N/A | No |
Donors would not have been released for transplant because of issues with tissue unrelated to COVID (eg, positive serologies and low cell counts).