biostudies-literatureUnknown23(4)Labus WA burn is a sudden injury which immediate or long-term consequences may be life-threatening for the patient. A mass disaster event may involve large numbers of severely burned patients. Patients of this type typically have a limited area of healthy, unburned skin from which an autologous split thickness skin graft could be collected. In a clinical situation of this type, it is necessary to use a particular skin substitute. Non-viable allogeneic human skin graft materials might be considered as the most suitable skin substitutes in the treatment of such patients. At present, Poland does not have a sufficient supply of human allogeneic skin graft materials to meet the needs arising from a sudden and unforeseen mass disaster. This study involved an analysis of selected mass disasters. From thCell and tissue banking863-885https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8967378biostudies-literatureThe urgent need to achieve an optimal strategic stock of human allogeneic skin graft materials in case of a mass disaster in Poland.PMC8967378Smetek WSitkowska AKitala DLabus WKaminski ANavarro AKlama-Baryla AKraut MfalseThe urgent need to achieve an optimal strategic stock of human allogeneic skin graft materials in case of a mass disaster in Poland.A burn is a sudden injury which immediate or long-term consequences may be life-threatening for the patient. A mass disaster event may involve large numbers of severely burned patients. Patients of this type typically have a limited area of healthy, unburned skin from which an autologous split thickness skin graft could be collected. In a clinical situation of this type, it is necessary to use a particular skin substitute. Non-viable allogeneic human skin graft materials might be considered as the most suitable skin substitutes in the treatment of such patients. At present, Poland does not have a sufficient supply of human allogeneic skin graft materials to meet the needs arising from a sudden and unforeseen mass disaster. This study involved an analysis of selected mass disasters. From th2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Dec2025-05-31T23:42:33.105Z2022-07-09T23:39:37.661ZS-EPMC89673783535519310.1007/s10561-022-10001-z