Released on = April 22, 2007, 10:27 pm

Press Release Author = Bharat Book Bureau

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = Existing methods and processing for sterilising tissues are
proving inadequate in many instances.

Press Release Body =

Sterilisation of tissues using ionising radiations

Edited by J F Kennedy, University of Birmingham, G O Phillips, Phillips Hydrocolloid
Research Ltd and P A Williams, The North East Wales Institute, UK

Key Features of Sterilisation of tissues using ionising radiations :

- high-quality papers highlighting the most recent developments in this important area
- includes the full code of practice for the radiation sterilisation of tissues
- edited by a highly respected team of experts

Existing methods and processing for sterilising tissues are proving inadequate in
many instances. Infections have been transmitted from the graft to the recipient and
in the USA the Centre for Disease Control and other regulatory bodies have drawn
attention to the need for a reliable end sterilisation method which does not damage
the functionality of the final tissue. Safety of surgical allografts is, therefore,
a major concern due to microbial and viral contamination of tissues which is now a
problem even in the most sophisticated centres.

The Presidents of the main Professional Association of Tissue Banks; American,
European and Latin American met in Vienna to review the situation and concluded that
the time was opportune to organise an international high level expert meeting, which
would identify the best method of using radiation technology to assist in the
production of safe tissue allografts

Sterilisation of biological tissues with ionising radiations provides the
information on this subject presented at an international meeting in Wales,
supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency. New methods of protecting the
tissues were presented which at the same time allow the use of sufficiently high
doses of ionising radiations to inactivate invading organisms. A Code of Practice
for the Radiation Sterilisation of Tissues was evaluated and the outcome and the
full Code is included in this volume, as well as explorations of all of the
methodologies used in the field.

Sterilisation of biological tissues with ionising radiations is the only volume of
its kind and as such is an invaluable source of information for those working in
tissue banks, transplant surgeons and the safety regulators.

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