CURRENT TRENDS IN BONE AND TISSUE BANKING IN AUSTRALIA

Abstract

There has been significant advancement in the principles and practices of Tissue Banking in Australia over the last two years. Those advances relate to scientific development, regulatory modulation and inter-relationships between both Federal and State governments. Licencing issues

• The Therapeutic Goods Administration of the Federal Department of Health and Aged Care

• Prior to 1997, Code of Ethics

• Formal government regulations

• Code for Good Manufacturing Practice Freeze dried materials

• First national licence

• Synthetic osteogenic proteins Centralisation of processing

• Number of Tissue Banks in Australia

• Considerable variation amongst Tissue Banks

• Financial statistics

• Difficulty in attaining and maintaining TGA licence

• Inherent inefficiencies

• Core activities

• Nonstandardisation of processing regimen

• International precedence

• Further potential benefits

• Consideration by Federal Government through Health Minister’s Advisory Council

• Probable end point