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Coding and traceability in Iran

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Transplantation has a long history in Iran. Cornea was the first tissue transplantation in 1935. The Central Eye Bank of Iran was established in 1991 and the Iranian Tissue Bank (ITB) in 1994. Now, there are also some private cell and tissue banks in the country, that produce different tissue grafts such as homograft heart valves, musculoskeletal tissues, soft tissues, cartilages, pericardium, amniotic membrane and some cell based products. There is not a separate legislation for tissue transplantation but the legal framework for tissue donation is based on the “Deceased or Brain dead patient organ transplantation” act (passed on April 6, 2000). For tissue banking there is no regulatory oversight by the national health authority. To increase the level of safety and considering the importance of effective traceability, each tissue bank has its own policy and terminology for coding and documentation without any correlation to others. In some cases tissue banks have implemented ISO based standards (i.e., ISO 9001) as a basic quality management system.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge Dr. Mohammad Reza Fazeli the consultant of Deputy of Food and Drug (Ministry of Health) and Dr. Seyed Majid Manavi bioscience department of Iran Presidency Technology Cooperation Office, for their supports on establishment of national committee of cell and tissue bank standardization.

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  1. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center & Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Repair Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, North Kargar Avenue, 14114, Tehran, Iran

    Hamid Reza Aghayan & Babak Arjmand

  2. Department of Nephrology & Iranian Tissue Bank Research and Preparation Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, Iran

    Mitra Mahdavi-Mazdeh

  3. Quality Management System, Homa Peyvand Taamin (HPT), Tehran, Iran

    Parisa Goodarzi

  4. Health Deputy of Ministry of Health & Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Repair Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Seyed Hassan Emami-Razavi

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Correspondence to Babak Arjmand.

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Aghayan, H.R., Mahdavi-Mazdeh, M., Goodarzi, P. et al. Coding and traceability in Iran. Cell Tissue Bank 11, 397–400 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-010-9224-2

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