Brussels, 09/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 9 October the European Commission adopted implementing measures for Directive 2010/53EU on quality and safety standards for human transplantation organs. In 2011 around 30,000 organs were transplanted in the EU and several of them were transplanted in different member states from those in which they were taken. It was therefore essential to ensure traceability of the organs to guarantee patient safety, the Commission says.
The objective of...