The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in Argentina |
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Authors: | Eulogia Kairiyama Jorge Morales Pedraza |
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Institution: | (1) Biological Applications Division, Ezeiza Atomic Centre of National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina;(2) Charasgasse 3, apart. 13, 1030 Vienna, Austria |
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Abstract: | Tissue banking activities in Argentina started in 1993. The regulatory and controlling national authority on organ, tissue
and cells for transplantation activity is the National Unique Coordinating Central Institute for Ablation and Implant (INCUCAI).
Three tissue banks were established under the IAEA program and nine other banks participated actively in the implementation
of this program. As result of the implementation of the IAEA program in Argentina and the work done by the established tissue
banks, more and more hospitals are now using, in a routine manner, radiation sterilised tissues processed by these banks.
During the period 1992–2005, more than 21 016 tissues were produced and irradiated in the tissue banks participating in the
IAEA program. Within the framework of the training component of the IAEA program, Argentina has been selected to host the
Regional Training Centre for Latin American. In this centre, tissue bank operators and medical personal from Latin American
countries were trained. Since 1999, Argentina has organised four regular regional training courses and two virtual regional
training courses. More than twenty (20) tissue bank operators and medical personnel from Argentina were trained under the
IAEA program in the six courses organised in the country. In general, ninety (96) tissue bank operators and medical personnel
from eight Latin-American countries were trained in the Buenos Aires regional training centre. From Argentina 16 students
graduated in these courses. |
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Keywords: | Tissue banking Argentina IAEA Radiation of tissues Ionising radiation Tissue banks |
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