The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered cadaveric skin from foreign countries. The first batch of cadaveric skin with a total area of 37,000 cm2 arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on the night of July 3 from the USA. After its speedy customs clearance processing was completed, the cadaveric skin was sent to a skin bank with an installment license, and will be arranged and delivered continually to each hospital according to the needs of Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion victims for use as a wound dressing for the burn patients after debridement. 

The second batch of cadaveric skin, with a total area of 118,000 cm2, was delivered from the USA on July 2 thoughit was to have arrived in Taiwan on July 5. The third batch of cadaveric skin, with a total area of 90,000 cm2, will be tentatively imported to Taiwan on July 7 from Holland. The first three batches of cadaveric skin have a total area of 245,000 cm2. Furthermore, the FDA, which continuously searches for cadaveric skin conforming to Taiwanese regulations, still knows other sources of cadaveric skin that can supply a total area of approximately 1,300,000 cm2, and will continually make purchases in order to ensure its sufficient supply. 

The FDA has already determined the medical supplies and needs for each hospital, and has set up a contact network in order to faciliate the arrangement for needed medicines, medical equipment and other resources. Ad-hoc imports can be initiated at any time in order to ensure the sufficient supply of medication. For more related information, please visit the official website of the FDA (http://www.fda.gov.tw).