Skin Donation

SKINBURN

Causes of burn

Sunburn

Chemical burn

Electrical burns

Inflammable liquid or gases

Burning fire

SKIN DONATION

Why skin donation?It does not require matching of the donorOnly thin skin layer from legs and thigh are harvested from the donorskin from donors is used as dressing material It will act as barrier against infection It helps in speedy recoveryIt reduces painIncreases the survival rate of patients

When to donate skin ?A person can donate skin within 6 hours of his deathAny 1 can donate skin irrespective of sex and blood groupBut lower limit of age is 18 years and there is no upper limitCertain contra-indications have to be taken care of:Person suffering from AIDS, Hepatitis B,C, Skin cancer, other skin diseases Blood sample is taken for blood tests to check for viral markers in skin bank.

What is the procedure ?

How does it help the patient ?

Skin in 50% glycerol stored at 4 °C in walk in fridge

Skin is transferred to 85% glycerol & stored at 4 °C in walk in fridge

Skin goes through mesher

Patient’s conditionSkin grafting surgery Healed skin of patient

Skin bank

Skin banking is a process in which skin is removed from

a donor body, tested for suitability as a graft material,

packaged, stored and finally reused as a graft.

EQUIPMENTS

Orbital shaking

incubatorSealer

machine

Hot air

oven

BOD

incubator

Walk in fridge stores

the skin at 4°C – 10°C

in st. glycerol bottles

For Phase I, Phase II,

Phase III

Biosafety cabinets Class II

For maintaining sterile

conditions for Phase II and

Phase III

Mesher machine to

mesh the skin, thus

making it suitable for

grafting.

Harvested skin in

st. 50% glycerol

bottle are stored in

walk in fridge

Transfer of skin

from 50% glycerol

into 85% glycerol

Skin is meshed with

the help of mesher

and samples are

sent for testing

Skin bank

Operation theatre

Microbiology department

Physiotherapy rehab

centre