Organ Preservation Times
[one_fifth]
Kidney
Liver
Heart
Heart-Lung
Lung
Pancreas
[/one_fifth]Up to 36 hours
Up to 24 hours
4-6 hours
6-8 hours
6 hours
Up to 24 hours
These times are guidelines. Each transplant center establishes its own policy/practice for how long they are willing to wait before transplanting recovered organs.