Purpose
ICCBBA Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) are formed to provide stakeholder input to the ongoing development of the ISBT 128 Standard and to provide educational and technical support to facilities implementing the ISBT 128 Standard.
For TAG participation, ICCBBA recognizes the following groups as stakeholders:
- Blood Centers, Tissue Banks and Cell Therapy Facilities using the ISBT 128 Standard.
- Hospital departments receiving ISBT 128 labeled product, or performing their own ISBT 128 labeling.
- Regulatory bodies responsible for oversight of blood, tissue, and cell facilities.
- Government and supra-governmental organizations.
- Vendors of equipment, software or labels using ISBT 128.
- Professional bodies in the fields of blood transfusion, cell therapy, and tissue transplantation.
Constitution
Technical advisory groups are made up of four categories of participants:
- Representatives: appointed by countries, professional bodies, or major user groups at the invitation of ICCBBA.
- Technical Experts: Appointed by ICCBBA for their particular expertise.
- Liaisons: Appointed by Regulatory Authorities, Government, and supra-governmental organizations.
- Observers: Vendors, observers from user communities not currently using ISBT 128, and other interested parties, all at the discretion of the TAG Chair.
The first two categories have voting rights in the TAG.
Operation
TAG participants tend to be spread over large geographical areas.
Most TAG’s will have one face-to-face meeting each year with conference calls as required. In some cases face-to-face meetings may not be practical. On line discussion forums are used to take forward technical discussion. Each TAG has web pages on the ICCBBA website where meeting information is posted and discussion forums for the exchange of ideas.
The Chair and Secretary of each TAG are elected from among the representatives and technical experts.
Current Technical Advisory Groups
Click on links to contact the TAG chairs via email
Blood
Americas TAG
Middle East and Europe TAG
Asia Pacific TAG
Cellular Therapy
International Cellular Therapy Coding and Labeling Advisory Group
Tissues
North America Tissue TAG
European Tissue TAG
Eye Bank TAG
Tissue Engineered Products
Tissue Engineered Products TAG