European Commission Adopts Additional Regulations for Tissues & Cells

Transplant News,  Jan, 2007  

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The European Commission in November adopted a second set of technical rules to help implement European Union legislation on quality and safety standards for human tissues and cells. A first set of regulations was adopted in February, setting out safety rules for the first phases of the process: donation, procurement and testing.

The new rules cover processing, preservation, storage and distribution. They also incorporate tissue-coding requirements, measures to ensure traceability between donor and recipient, and rules for reporting adverse reactions and events.

The full document is available on the Internet at http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_threats/human_substance/documents/tissues_md_251006.pdf. (12/06/06)

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