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In Malaysia, tissue banking activities began in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Tissue Bank in early 1990s. Since then a few other bone banks have been set up in other government hospitals and institutions. However, these banks are not governed by the national authority. In addition there is no requirement set by the national regulatory authority on coding and traceability for donated human tissues for transplantation. Hence, USM Tissue Bank has taken the initiatives to adopt a system that enables the traceability of tissues between the donor, the processed tissue and the recipient based on other international standards for tissue banks. The traceability trail has been effective and the bank is certified compliance to the international standard ISO 9001:2008.
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Sheikh Ab. Hamid, S., Abd Rahman, M.N.F. Tissue allograft coding and traceability in USM Tissue Bank, Malaysia. Cell Tissue Bank 11, 401–405 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-010-9188-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-010-9188-2