title: Assessing bone banking activities at University of Malaya medical centre.
abstract: The main advantage of establishing in-house bone banks is its ability to readily provide allograft bones for local surgeries. Bone procurement activities of our university bone bank during the 10 years of operation were reviewed. Socio-demographic data of donors, types of bone procured, cases of rejected bones and types of allograft bones transplanted are presented. From 179 potential donors, 73 % were accepted with 213 procured bones. Femoral head was the common bone transplanted (45 %), as it was also the most common procured (82 %). Bones were rejected mainly due to non-technical reasons (83 %) rather than positive results of microbiological (13 %) and serological (4 %) tests. Comprehensive data could not be obtained for further analysis due to difficulties in retrieving information. Therefore, quality assurance system was improved to establish more systematic documentations, as the basis of good banking practice with process control hence allowing traceability.
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. suhailimohd@ummc.edu.my.
authors: Suhaili
authors: S
authors: Mohd
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Sharifah Mazni
authors: SM
authors: Samsuddin
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Saravana
authors: S
authors: Ramalingam
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Ng Wuey
authors: NW
authors: Min
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Norimah
authors: N
authors: Yusof
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: T Kamarul
authors: TK
authors: Zaman
authors: UMMC Bone Bank, National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence in Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Azura
authors: A
authors: Mansor
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D064591:Allografts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018586:Bone Banks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Allograft; Bone bank; Procurement; Rejection; Traceability