Cryo - Save India, a part of Cryo-Save Group, Europe's largest adult stem cell storage bank, achieved a significant milestone with TUV Rheinland, Germany conferring the India operations an ISO 9001:2008 certification. TUV Rheinland, a leading quality management systems registrar from Germany, certified Cryo-Save India after examining the lab on various parameters.

"The certification from TUV Rheinland serves to strengthen the processes and systems employed by Cryo-Save India, which include fully automated systems that ensure no human intervention in storage and retrieval process along with a unique dual storage process. This certification strengthens our core proposition of delivering global standards through our processes and systems" said Chandramouli, managing director, Cryo Save India.

As part of the ISO 9001 process, TUV performed on-site assessments, examining the Cryo-Save India documented procedures and audited its overall operations. To determine continued compliance with ISO 9001:2008, TUV would conduct periodically scheduled audits at Cryo - Save India and examine and monitor its business operations. Quality Council of India, the authority in India for ISO related standards, too can conduct random audits to verify organization's compliance to declared practices.

The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards are globally recognized as an effective framework for a quality management system (QMS). To be certified by ISO, Cryo Save India implemented a QMS that encompasses a broad scope of daily operations including staff training, understanding and meeting customer requirements and delivering quality products and services abiding to the global standards. The company demonstrated its comprehensive capabilities preserving the cord blood.

Cryo-Save India is 100 per cent subsidiary of Cryo-Save Group, Belgium. The Group is Europe's largest adult stem cell storage bank and the group successfully introduced its services in India in 2008 headquartered in Bangalore. The company is offering collection and storage of adult stem cells derived from cord blood. Cryo-Save services are available across all metros and most of the key cities across India.