This framework describes the building blocks being laid down by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to support and empower European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries and the European Commission in achieving microbial safety for substances of human origin (SoHO).
On 5 and 6 September, ECDC hosted the first joint SoHO-Net Tissues and Cells (TC) and Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) group meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
This document provides an update on the safety of substances of human origin (SoHO) in relation to COVID-19. It reassesses the risk and proposes revised mitigation measures for preventing transmission through SoHO.
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