The Risk of Microbial Transmission in Recipients of Donor Livers That Underwent Hypothermic or Normothermic Machine Perfusion.
Chikako EndoBianca LascarisIsabel M A BrüggenwirthJan RoggeveldHans BlokzijlVincent E De MeijerM H Edwina DotingRobert J PortePublished in: Transplantation direct (2024)
The risk of microbial transmission after machine perfusion is very low but not absent. We recommend routine sampling of machine perfusion fluid at the end of the procedure for microbiological analysis.