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A Certified Tissue Bank Specialist (CTBS) designation is a professional certification mark for Tissue Banking Professionals conferred by the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). AATB oversees musculoskeletal , cardiovascular , skin and reproductive tissue banks in the United States.
The AATB provides accreditation for over 100 tissue banks. According to their website, AATB is a voluntary association of organizations committed to obtaining tissues for allografts (transplant) and providing the general public and the medical community with the safest products possible. The program is not regulatory in nature, but educational.
Certified HIPAA Security Specialist: CHSS Certified in Medical Quality: CMQ: American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) Certified Orthotist: CO: Certified by the American Board for Orthotist/Prosthetics Certification (ABC) Certified Sex Therapist: CST Certified Tissue Banking Specialist: CTBS Certified Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse
A tissue bank is an establishment that collects and recovers human cadaver tissue for the purposes of medical research, education and allograft transplantation. A tissue bank may also refer to a location where biomedical tissue is stored under cryogenic conditions and is generally used in a more clinical sense.
A body broker (also non-transplant tissue banks) is a firm or an individual that buys and sells cadavers or human body parts.. Whereas the market for organ transplantation is heavily regulated in the United States, the use of cadaver parts for research, training, and other uses is not.
The CHTN was established in 1987 as the Cooperative Human Tissue Network by the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Diagnosis Program. [2] The University of Alabama at Birmingham, National Disease Research Interchange in conjunction with the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and The Ohio State University with a subcontract to Nationwide Children's Hospital were awarded the first ...
The screening process and requirements vary significantly between jurisdictions. In the United States, the screening procedures are regulated by the FDA, the ASRM, the American Association of Tissue Banks, and the CDC. [1] The screening regulations are more stringent today than they have been in the past.
NDRI partners with a nationwide network of over 130 tissue source sites (TSS) throughout the United States, including organ procurement organizations (OPO), tissue banks, eye banks, and hospitals. [citation needed]