| current trends in safety assurance for tissue grafts used in burn treatment. | the author presents a summary of current safety standards for allogeneic and xenogeneic biological skin grafts. the fundamental document relevant to allogeneic transplants, establishing the minimal level of safety guaranteed in european union states, is the european parliament and council directive (2004/23/ec) from march 31st 2004. this directive determines that grafts will be prepared by a licensed or accredited tissue bank, and that this arrangement must be put in place by the member states w ... | 2006 | 16999268 |