title: Coding and traceability for cells, tissues and organs for transplantation.
abstract: Modern transplantation of cells, tissues and organs has been practiced within the last century achieving both life saving and enhancing results. Associated risks have been recognized including infectious disease transmission, malignancy, immune mediated disease and graft failure. This has resulted in establishment of government regulation, professional standard setting and establishment of vigilance and surveillance systems for early detection and prevention and to improve patient safety. The increased transportation of grafts across national boundaries has made traceability difficult and sometimes impossible. Experience during the first Gulf War with mis-identification of blood units coming from multiple countries without standardized coding and labeling has led international organizations to develop standardized nomenclature and coding for blood. Following this example, cell therapy and tissue transplant practitioners have also moved to standardization of coding systems. Establishment of an international coding system has progressed rapidly and implementation for blood has demonstrated multiple advantages. WHO has held two global consultations on human cells and tissues for transplantation, which recognized the global circulation of cells and tissues and growing commercialization and the need for means of coding to identify tissues and cells used in transplantation, are essential for full traceability. There is currently a wide diversity in the identification and coding of tissue and cell products. For tissues, with a few exceptions, product terminology has not been standardized even at the national level. Progress has been made in blood and cell therapies with a slow and steady trend towards implementation of the international code ISBT 128. Across all fields, there are now 3,700 licensed facilities in 66 countries. Efforts are necessary to encourage the introduction of a standardized international coding system for donation identification numbers, such as ISBT 128, for all donated biologic products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA. dmichaelstrong@mac.com
authors.forename: D Michael
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: Naoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000592:standards; D012306:Risk; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000592:standards; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000592:standards*; D019737:Transplants / Q000592:standards*; D014944:World Health Organization
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