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In 2013, the BT-CIEN has been accre- Throughout 2020, the BT-CIEN has
dited by the Council of Health of the continued to develop its tasks within
Region of Madrid, according to what the Neurological Tissue Banks Wor-
is established in the Royal Decree king Group (GT-BTN, for its acronym in
1716/2011 on Biobanks and registered Spanish) of the ISCIII National Biobank
in the National Registry of Biobanks of Network Platform (RNBB, for its acron-
the Carlos III Institute of Health. ym in Spanish). Among these tasks,
the preparation, with the leadership
In January 2014 the Biobanks Natio- of BT-CIEN, of the Guide of the Neuro-
nal Network Platform (PRNBB, for its logical Tissue Banks Working Group
acronym in Spanish), promoted and in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic
funded by the Carlos III Institute of stands out. Recommendations for the
Health (2014-2017) was constituted, action of BTN during and after the
with participation of the main bio- pandemic
banks in the country, both hospital
and non-hospital, including BT-CIEN. 31 new donors were registered during
PRNBB mission is to create a stable 2020, taking the total number to 739
organizational structure that allows the by December 31, 2020.
coordinated activity of participating
biobanks in the collection, manage- The Neuropathology laboratory pro-
ment, and transfer of biological sam- cessed 39 cases during 2020, with the
ples of human origin. Before conclu- following distribution depending on
ding its period of activity in December the origin:
2017, the PRNBB renewed its commit- • 13 donations from the External
ment to the ISCIII for a new funding Program (depicted in blue in the
period, 2018-2020. The BT-CIEN has graph)
played a prominent role in the R&D&I
Program of the PRNBB and in the • 0 donations from the Internal
new phase of the platform, initiated in Program (depicted in red in the
January 2018, has assumed the coor- graph)
dination tasks of the R+D+i program • 26 consultation cases (not included
as a whole. Moreover, since 2012 the in the graph)
BT-CIEN has the ISO 9001/2008 quality
certification, renewed in 2016, and that
was also renewed in 2018 under the
ISO 9001/2015 standard.
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