The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in Argentina

Tissue banking activities in Argentina started in 1993. The regulatory and controlling national authority on organ, tissue and cells for transplantation activity is the National Unique Coordinating Central Institute for Ablation and Implant (INCUCAI). Three tissue banks were established under the IA...

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Published in:Cell and tissue banking 2009-05, Vol.10 (2), p.139-142
Main Authors: Kairiyama, Eulogia, Morales Pedraza, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Argentina
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cell Biology
Education
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
International Agencies
Life Sciences
Nuclear Energy
Quality control
Radiation
Skin & tissue grafts
Sterilization
Sterilization - standards
Tissue Banks - history
Tissue Banks - supply & distribution
Tissue Banks - trends
Tissue Banks - utilization
Transplant Surgery
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Summary:Tissue banking activities in Argentina started in 1993. The regulatory and controlling national authority on organ, tissue and cells for transplantation activity is the National Unique Coordinating Central Institute for Ablation and Implant (INCUCAI). Three tissue banks were established under the IAEA program and nine other banks participated actively in the implementation of this program. As result of the implementation of the IAEA program in Argentina and the work done by the established tissue banks, more and more hospitals are now using, in a routine manner, radiation sterilised tissues processed by these banks. During the period 1992–2005, more than 21 016 tissues were produced and irradiated in the tissue banks participating in the IAEA program. Within the framework of the training component of the IAEA program, Argentina has been selected to host the Regional Training Centre for Latin American. In this centre, tissue bank operators and medical personal from Latin American countries were trained. Since 1999, Argentina has organised four regular regional training courses and two virtual regional training courses. More than twenty (20) tissue bank operators and medical personnel from Argentina were trained under the IAEA program in the six courses organised in the country. In general, ninety (96) tissue bank operators and medical personnel from eight Latin-American countries were trained in the Buenos Aires regional training centre. From Argentina 16 students graduated in these courses.
ISSN:1389-9333
1573-6814
DOI:10.1007/s10561-008-9099-7