AATB - American Association of Tissue Banks
The American Association of Tissue banks (AATB) is a non-profit association of organizations and individuals who are involved in activities related to transplantation of cells and tissues. They were founded in 1976 and are headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Like the American Association of Blood banks, they maintain a voluntary Accreditation program.
However, for purely historical reasons, [...]
FACT - Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
The foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy or FACT is a nonprofit organization that is committed to voluntary inspection and Accreditation in the subject area of hematopoietic cell therapy. FACT’s offices are established at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The parent agencies of the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy are [...]
CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
Dealing with human life is a matter that is to be carefully performed, especially when it comes to medical sciences and the testing. Considering this, in the year of 1988, US federal passed a law (CLIA) that applied to all the laboratories that deal with any kind of testing of the patient. Basically, they are [...]
