Deirdre Fehily & Scott A. Brubaker 
Tissue and Cell Processing 
An Essential Guide

By presenting the latest technological advances and growing national and international regulation, this new book explores state-of-the-art developments in the challenging field of tissue and cell processing. It provides a guide to easier and safer practice in operational principles of preservation, decontamination, and sterilization. Nearly half of the book is devoted completely to tissue- or cell-specific issues relating to processing. With lists of learning points and case studies which consist of sample processing protocols, descriptions of where processing went wrong, sample risk assessments, or validation studies, the authors help you find specific information fast.

Table of Content

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

Martí Manyalich, Debbie Butler Newman, Jacinto Sánchez
Ibáñez, Aurora Navarro, Gloria Páez, & 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
Fariñas

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

About the author

Deirdre Fehily Ph D

Inspector and Technical Advisor, Tissues and Cells, National
Transplant Centre, Rome, Italy

Scott A. Brubaker CTBS

Chief Policy Officer, American Association of Tissue Banks,
Mc Lean, Virginia, USA

John N. Kearney BSc, Ph D, CBiol, MIBiol, SRCS

Head of Tissue Services/Lead Scientist/PI for Research,
Liverpool Blood Centre, NHS Blood & Transplant, Liverpool,
UK

Lloyd Wolfinbarger Jr. Ph D

Bio Science Consultants, llc, Norfolk, Virginia, USA