title: Donor and tissue profile of a community eye bank in Eastern India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to analyze the donor and tissue profile of a community eye bank in Eastern India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eye bank records were analyzed for the period July 2007-June 2011. Variables analyzed included donor demographics (age, gender, and ethnicity), donor cause of death, consent for recovery, death-to-preservation interval, preservation-to-utilization interval, endothelial cell density (ECD), corneal suitability for transplantation, and corneal tissue utilization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During this study period, 743 corneal tissues were retrieved from 373 donors (male:female = 263:110). The mean age of donors was 52 ± 21 years (range: 3-95 years). The most common donor age group was 41-50 and 71-80 years. Most of the donors belonged to one religious faith (99%). The most common causes of death were cardiorespiratory failure (34%) followed by road traffic accident (30%). Majority donors were motivated (n = 320; 86%), and remaining (n = 53; 14%) were voluntary. Most of the consents were given by sons or daughters of the deceased (45%) followed by siblings (18%). Mean death-to-preservation interval was 3.9 ± 1.9 h. Mean preservation-to-utilization interval was 56.0 ± 24.4 h. The mean ECD of donor corneal tissue was 2857 ± 551 cells/mm 2 and the median value was 2898 cells/mm 2 . Of harvested corneas 556 (75%) corneal tissues were utilized. The most common causes of nonutilization were septicemia in donor (n = 56; 30%) and poor quality of tissue (n = 55; 30%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although, there is significant corneal tissue utilization, there is a need for increased awareness among people in order to augment voluntary donations.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.affiliation: Cornea and Anterior Segment Service, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Srikant K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sahu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002452:Cell Count; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005125:Eye Banks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement