Tissue and Cell Processing

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

1 Regulations and Standards
Michael Cox and Scott A. Brubaker

2 Risk management in Tissue & Cell Processing
Diane Wilson and Johann Kurz

3 Principles of Cell Collection and Tissue Recovery
Helen Gillan, Derwood Pamphilon, Scott A. Brubaker

4 Principles of Cell and Tissue Cryopreservation
Ying C. Song and David E. Pegg

5 Principles of tissue decontamination and sterilization
Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr. and Pierre Lory

6 Control of Contamination and Cross Contamination During Processing: Optimising the Processing Environment
Lisa Nair, Marisa Roma Herson and Kyle Bennett

7 The Principles of Process Validation and Equipment Qualification
Martell Winters and Richard Lomas

8 Biomechanical and Biocompatibility Testing Considerations
Caroline A Hartill

9 Coding and Traceability
Stefan Poniatowski, Izabela Uhrynowska-Tyszkiewicz and Ineke Slaper-Cortenbach

10 Training of Tissue Bank Personnel
Marti Manyalich, Debbie Butler Newman, Jacinto Sanchez Ibanez, Aurora Navarro, Gloria Paez, & Aziz Nather

11 Cardiac Tissue: Specific Recovery and Processing Issues
Alyce Linthurst Jones, Robert Parker, Linda Manning and Helmi Albrecht

12 Skin: specific recovery and processing issues
Elisa Pianigiani and Jan L. Pierce

13 Ophthalmic tissues: recovery and processing issues
Diego Ponzin, Patricia Dahl and Elisabeth Pels

14 Skeletal Tissue: Specific Recovery and Processing Issues
Joel Osborne, Art Kurz, Esteve Trias and Oscar Farinas

15 Processing of cells for transplantation
Mark W Lowdell & Edward Samuel

16 Gametes and embryos: specific collection and processing issues
Montserrat Boada and Anna Veiga

17 Engineering of human tissue grafts
John N. Kearney and Francisco da Costa