ATSI Tissue Banking Resource Alliances
In order to provide our surgeons and their patients with the very best bone and soft tissue allografts, ATSI has formed strategic alliances with the very best tissue banking resources in the country. Through these strategic alliances, ATSI exhibits its commitment to provide safe and effective tissue products. Attention to detail and each tissue bank’s meticulous donor screening process helps to ensure that any ATSI supplied allograft is of the highest quality and meets all AATB accreditation standards and FDA regulations.
Quality Assurance Standards of all ATSI Tissue Banking Resources
All of our tissue banking resources take quality assurance very seriously. Stringent evaluations take place prior to recovery to safeguard against the transmission of diseases from the donor to the recipient. A complete medical and social history from the donor's next of kin is the beginning of a careful screening for risk factors. Through this screening process, donors are disqualified for malignant cancer, infections, neurological and autoimmune disease, drug abuse and many other exposures or behaviors that might result in a risk to the recipient. In addition to the extensive screening process, all allografts are quarantined until blood tests can be evaluated. The donor's blood must test negative for the following:
- HIV 1 and HIV2 antibodies (HIV1/2-Ab)
- HIV Nucleic Acid Testing (HIV-NAT)
- Hepatitis B surface antigen and core antibody (HBsAg/HBc)
- Hepatitis C Antibody (HCV)
- Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type1 & 2 (HTLVI/II)
- Syphilis (STS) or Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)
Each donor chart is reviewed to ensure all required elements are complete (e.g. Medical Social History, donor authorization, medical chart, recovery documentation, hemodilution assessment, autopsy report, etc).
The following information will help you to understand more about the individual ATSI tissue banking resources.
Founded in 1994, Centennial, Colorado based AlloSource continues to increase the availability of high quality, safe allografts, showing respectful appreciation for the gift of donation. AlloSource brings together eight of the country's most reputable organ and tissue procurement groups - Iowa Donor Network in Cedar Rapids; Mid-America Transplant Services of St.Louis; Donor Alliance of Denver; Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Network in Chicago; Lifesharing Community Organ and Tissue Donation in San Diego; Spirit of the North Tissue Services in Sioux Falls; Upstate New York Transplant Services in Buffalo; and Washington Regional Transplant Consortium in Washington, DC.
AlloSource is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks. AlloSource operates three facilities in Centennial, Salt Lake City and Cincinnati and employees over 230 people.
For more information, visit the company's web site
LifeNet’s mission is to improve the quality of human life through the provision of organs and tissue for transplantation and to serve the community by providing educational and support services. Founded in 1982, LifeNet operates a model organ and tissue donation program and is one of the nation’s largest full service non-profit tissue banks. LifeNet provides organ procurement services as the federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) for much of the Commonwealth of Virginia. LifeNet is also a leader in tissue banking and developing specialized allografts for patients and surgeons across the country and beyond.
Other specialized services offered by LifeNet include donor family after-care, tissue recovery, comprehensive state-of-the-art tissue banking services for musculoskeletal and cardiovascular services, public and professional education, research and development and a nationwide call center.
LifeNet is recognized for its dedication to the field through its commitment to donor families, protecting the donation process and a key focus on quality. Regarded as the industry leader for stringent donor criteria, LifeNet is the only organization of its kind to hold ISO 9001 certification. LifeNet is a fully accredited member of the AATB and holds accreditation from the American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.
Click here to visit
