UK-based human tissue bank Future Health have chosen Q-Pulse, a compliance management solution from Scottish software developers Gael Ltd, to manage their Quality Management System (QMS) and maintain and improve their compliance with the requirements of strict UK and EU regulations.
Based in Nottingham, England, Future Health collect, process and store stem cells derived from umbilical cord. As a private family cord blood stem cell and tissue bank, Future Health is licensed by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA).
Q-Pulse provides tissue establishments like Future Health with a fully integrated compliance management solution that helps manage regulated activities including Document Control, Auditing, and CA/PA Management, in compliance environments such as cGMP, 21 CFR Parts 11 and 1270-1271.
As a result of the company’s growth, this has led to an increase in the number of Scientific Officers employed at Future Health, as well as a corresponding increase in the number of SOPs currently in operation.
All of our Scientific Officers must be fully trained and competent in all procedures with evidence of continuous training. The company therefore decided that Q-Pulse was the way forward in assuring our clients and regulatory authorities, including the HTA and MHRA, of our compliance with rigorous UK and EU regulatory requirements.
Having observed Q-Pulse in operation at Derby Royal Infirmary, our QA Manager and I had both been very impressed with how Q-Pulse worked for them. After reviewing several other options, management at Future Health decided that Q-Pulse was the most suitable to maintain and improve the Quality Management System implemented at the company.
We currently store more than 22,000 stem cell samples derived from umbilical cord blood from 35 different countries, and have seen demand for our services increase year-on-year. At Future Health, we believe that implementing Q-Pulse will help us in maintaining the highest possible standards for private cord blood banking.
Beverley Lancashire, Chief Scientific Officer at Future Health