Guidance

Chapter 18: links to other resources

Updated 21 May 2024

  • Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) working group guidance - available on ACDP home page
  • Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) home page
  • - FACT (Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
  • - Implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
  • - Implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
  • Council of Europe: organs, tissues and cells technical guides - see
  • - setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
  • - standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation
  • European Union Standards and Training in the Inspection of Tissue Establishments working group - see
  • - Department of Health, 1997
  • - Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC)
  • (2008)
  • Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste - Department of health - see (NHS England)
  • NHS Blood and Transplant:
  • - MHRA鈥檚 online system for reporting blood safety incidents
  • SABRE guidance - Blood: authorisations and safety reporting
  • UK stem cell tool kit - (EuroStemCell)
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