Guidance
Chapter 18: links to other resources
Updated 21 May 2024
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- 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
- Cellular Therapy Standards - FACT (Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
- Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 - 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
- Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 - 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 New guide to the quality and safety of tissues and cells for human application
- Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 - setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
- Directive 2010/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 - 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 European Union Standards and Training for the Inspection of Tissue Establishments Project (EUSTITE)
- Guidance notes on the processing, storage and issue of bone marrow and blood stem cells (HSG (97) 19) - Department of Health, 1997
- Guidelines and standards - British Transplantation Society
- Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK - Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC)
- Haematopoietic stem cell donor registries: WMDA recommendations for evaluation of donor health (2008)
- Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste - Department of health - see Health technical memoranda (NHS England)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007
- HFEA code of practice
- HFEA directions
- Human Tissue Act 2004
- Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006
- Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
- Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007
- HTA codes of practice
- HTA legal directions
- Joint Accreditation Committee ISCTEurope and EBMT (JACIE)
- NHS Blood and Transplant: Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT)
- Serious Adverse Blood Reactions and Events (SABRE) - MHRA’s online system for reporting blood safety incidents
- SABRE guidance - Blood: authorisations and safety reporting
- UK stem cell tool kit - Regulation of stem cell research in the United Kingdom (EuroStemCell)
- World Marrow Donor Association (WDMA)
- WDMA international standards for unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donor registries (PDF, 314 KB)