Stem cell and cellular therapy developmentsMichael Strong
Northwest Tissue Center, Puget Sound Blood Center, USA
Biologicals 37:103-7. 2009
..Moreover, an example is reported of the implementation of a cellular therapy production site compliant with good manufacturing practices (GMPs) in a large European University hospital...
Coding and traceability for cells, tissues and organs for transplantationD Michael Strong
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Cell Tissue Bank 11:305-23. 2010
..Efforts are necessary to encourage the introduction of a standardized international coding system for donation identification numbers, such as ISBT 128, for all donated biologic products...
Development of a transplantation transmission sentinel network to improve safety and traceability of organ and tissuesD Michael Strong
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Cell Tissue Bank 11:335-43. 2010
..Until a US sentinel network is operational, future transmission events that are preventable may result nationally and globally due to its absence...
Prestorage leukoreduction does not increase hemolysis of stored red cell concentratesManish J Gandhi
Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Transfus Apher Sci 36:17-22. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to determine the level of hemolysis seen in RC produced by our center...
Cardiovascular tissues for transplantationManish J Gandhi
Puget Sound Blood Center/Northwest Tissue Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Clin Lab Med 25:571-85. 2005
Preventing disease transmission by deceased tissue donors by testing blood for viral nucleic acidD Michael Strong
Puget Sound Blood Center Northwest Tissue Center, 921 Terry Avenue Seattle, WA, 98104, USA
Cell Tissue Bank 6:255-62. 2005
..Using these protocols, inventories from two tissue centers were tested with greater than 99% of samples producing a valid test result...
Adjustment of digestion enzyme composition improves islet isolation outcome from marginal grade human donor pancreataWenjing Wang
Islet and Cell Processing Laboratory, Puget Sound Blood Center Northwest Tissue Center, 921 Terry Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Cell Tissue Bank 8:187-94. 2007
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PRISM hepatitis B surface antigen detection of hepatits B virus minipool nucleic acid testing yield samplesSandy Linauts
Blood Service Laboratories, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Transfusion 48:1376-82. 2008
..In this study, eight samples identified as yield samples with MP HBV NAT were tested using the PRISM test...