Human Body Tissue Transplants

Defining Tissue transplants

Tissue transplant is a condition, which occurs when an individual needs a supplement organ or tissue. Living or dead donors can donate human body tissues. However, largely the human body tissue industry in the America mainly relies upon cadavers.

Common Tissue transplants

Common tissue transplants include bone, organs, corneas, bone marrow, tendons, skin and other human body tissues.

Transplants performed according to commonly accepted regulations and rules are safe. However, if there is any involvement of faulty process or contamination then there may be some risk in the transplant of human body tissues.

Donor Process

It is important for a tissue bank to obtain authorization from the tissue donor or cadaver’s family before taking tissues from a living person or a cadaver’s family. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has strict requirements to make sure that the human body tissues are fit for donation and not affected by a communicable infection or disease.

When the tissue manufacturing companies circumvent or ignore the donation process, like Biomedical Tissue Services, which FDA closed recently, the quality and suitability of the donated tissue affected through unsafe handling, cross contamination, contamination and other factors. Additionally, falsification by tissue banks such as the donor’s health status, real age or date of death may turn the tissues inappropriate when the tissue-manufacturing firms ignore or circumvent transplant.

The organ donation industry of the United States is highly regulated but the tissue transplant industry is under regulated. Although, FDA has strict requirements for tissue tracking and testing, the human tissue industry is spreading at a rapid rate and is often overseen by the state laws. Tissue donation comes from various sources such as morgues, hospitals and universities. Additionally, FDA has some regulations for tissue industry too but it does not regularly audit tissue banks and tissue processing facilities when no identified risks exist. Peer organizations like the American Association of Tissue Banks exist, however, there membership is voluntarily and minimum number of existing corporations and facilities participate in such associations and organizations.

Legal Advice

If an infectious tissue transplant has affected you or someone, you love, asks your health care professional to file a report with the Food and Drug Administration. Then contact an experienced medical malpractice lawyer who will assist you in evaluating your human body tissue claim. He will further help you in filing your claim so that you may receive some monetary compensation for the pain and sufferings, lost wages and future medical care.