American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)
The American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) is a scientific, not-for-profit, peer group organization founded in 1976 to facilitate the provision of transplantable cells and tissues of uniform high quality in quantities sufficient to meet national needs.
The Association is thus designed to serve as a source of information and advice to individuals and organizations wishing to establish or expand banking activities and to speak for the industry as a whole.
The most important mission of the Association is the establishment and promulgation of Standards to provide tissue banks with performance requirements intended to prevent disease transmission and help ensure optimum clinical performance of transplanted cells and tissues. Furthermore, AATB fosters education and research, and promotes quality and safety in cell and tissue banking and transplantation.
LOPA is the only accredited member of AATB in Louisiana.For more information about AATB please visit their website at www.aatb.org.
