1. Bruno Politi Teófilo Prado Natalia Grinblat Mariana Prado Diego Bertini Mariela Gómez Mariela López BTR TUCUMAN Development and implementation of The Regional Tissue Bank Tucumán, Argentina

2. The Regional Tissue Bank of Tucumán was created in October 2010 and is an institution that since its beginnings handle internal policies that present it as an institution with the commitment to procure, store, process and distribute bone and tissue to the provinces of the NOA region. Promote the use of allograft in the region and meet its demand. Promote the use of allograft in the region and meet its demand. Offer the population a tissue distribution service that is efficient, comprehensive and of quality to contribute to the welfare of the people. Offer the population a tissue distribution service that is efficient, comprehensive and of quality to contribute to the welfare of the people. To prompt the province and the region NOA on the seeking of improvement of medical capabilities in osteoarticular reconstructive surgery. To prompt the province and the region NOA on the seeking of improvement of medical capabilities in osteoarticular reconstructive surgery. Introduction & Objectives

3. Strategic Analysis Strengths Absence of a Tissue Bank in the region. Scientific and Technical capacities of medical staff in our region. Political support for the improvement on the transplant area. Opportunities Ground braking offer from the public sector to the province and the region. Increasing numbers of transplants. Legal framework and procedures for tissue banks in our country.

4. Strategic Analysis Weaknesses Low specific capacitation on technical issues. Lack of awareness among the population of the importance of organ and tissue donation. Threats Sluggishness on necessary authorizing resolutions. Inertia of the Health System over this innovative proposal.

5. Where? Center of the Region BTR Jujuy Santiago del Estero Tucumán Catamarca Salta

7. Allograft use 2008 - 2010 Gender:Gender: Male 21Male 21 Female 21Female 21 Types of Grafts:Types of Grafts: Milled Graft18Milled Graft18 Massive Allograft 9Massive Allograft 9 Combined Graft 15Combined Graft 15

8. Situation in the NOA region 2011

9. Developing: Ablation team for the whole region.Ablation team for the whole region. Procuration, process, storage and distribution of tissue.Procuration, process, storage and distribution of tissue. Circuit of tissue management, with agencies and financial backers.Circuit of tissue management, with agencies and financial backers. Catalog of names of the practices.Catalog of names of the practices. Training of the coordinating personnel for ablations.Training of the coordinating personnel for ablations. Alive donors proxy team in hospitals and private clinics.Alive donors proxy team in hospitals and private clinics. In development phase: In development phase: Own System of registration and monitoring of the tissue.Own System of registration and monitoring of the tissue. Doctors authorization Committee and dental surgeons.Doctors authorization Committee and dental surgeons. Unit of bony transplant.Unit of bony transplant. Professionals training Systems for ablation in the other jurisdictions of the NOA.Professionals training Systems for ablation in the other jurisdictions of the NOA. Courses of training to establish tissue osteoarticular in the NOA.Courses of training to establish tissue osteoarticular in the NOA. Systems for collecting of cadaveric and tissue donors in the NOA.Systems for collecting of cadaveric and tissue donors in the NOA. Program to circulatory death in hospital.Program to circulatory death in hospital. Processes to cover demand of tissue musculoesqueletic in the region and the country.Processes to cover demand of tissue musculoesqueletic in the region and the country. Area of freeze dry tissue and radiated.Area of freeze dry tissue and radiated.

10. Conclusions The development of this institution has permitted the coordination among the different entities that allow the performance of the Regional Tissue Bank, achieving targets. We believe we are in the right course, to be able to comply the social role in this area that has not been yet developed in the NOA.