The aim of SOHOV&S is to support EU MS in the establishment of Vigilance and Surveillance(V&S)systems for tissues and cells in transplantation and in assisted reproduction. MS with most experience will facilitate less experienced in the implementation of systems. The guidance can be translated and used as basis for national procedures. The training will ensure that officials who have recently been given these responsibilities will quickly be able to fulfil them. The project will drive harmonisation in terminology, investigation approaches, facilitating communication and cross-border management of serious adverse events and reactions (SAR/E). WHO involvement will extend this outcome to a global scale. The training will provide EU investigators to react effectively and efficiently to SAR/E. The guidelines for clinical users will support MS in the efforts to inform clinicians of roles and responsibilities in relation to V&S. Awareness on V&S will be raised via the project website and the enhancement of the Eurocet platform to include data on V&S activities.
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Organ donation and transplantation is a successful therapy that provides cure to some categories of patients suffering from serious organ failures(kidney,heart,liver,lung,pancreas,and bowel).As it is well known,the number of organ donors is still insufficient in all European MS,but another value that should be also considered is the number of organs that are used per donor.Since not all tx programs are running in all EU countries yet,and it is more difficult to find the correct compatibility for some patient categories,it may happen that some organs are not allocated at national level,mainly because there is no suitable recipient on the national WL.These organs although suitable are unfortunately wasted although they could be used in another country.First outcomes of COORENORproject show that the present number of exchanges could grow substantially.The main aim of this action is therefore to better practice of exchange of organs with the end objective of increasing bilateral agreements,and an overallapproach that includes raising awareness and preventing wrong communication attitude.
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The project aims to improve the safety of unrelated haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), optimise HSC donation policy, and promote equal access to this therapy throughout the European Union.
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