For all organs except pancreas, graft failure occurs when any of the following occurs:
A recipient’s transplanted organ is removed
A recipient dies
A recipient is placed on a chronic allograft support system
Pancreas graft failure occurs when any of the following occurs:
A recipient’s transplanted pancreas is removed
A recipient re-registers for a pancreas
A recipient registers for an islet transplant after receiving a pancreas transplant
A recipient’s total insulin use is greater than or equal to 0.5 units/kg/day for a consecutive 90 days
A recipient dies
(OPTN Policy Definition May 2021)