WHY CHOOSE PROGENICS

Accredited Cord Blood Bank

HEALTH CANADA REGISTERED

Progenics has registered with the Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate, Health Canada. This means that Progenics’ cord blood banking activities have been registered and that cord blood is banked in accordance with regulations respecting the safety of human cells, tissues and organs for transplantation.

 

AABB Accredited

AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) accreditation is important because it indicates that Progenics meets the standards set out by an international organization in terms of excellence, quality, and commitment to continuous improvement to achieve the highest possible standards in cord blood banking. There are only a few AABB accredited facilities in Canada!

Who is the AABB?

The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) is an international association of blood banks, including hospital and community blood centers, transfusion and transplantation services, and individuals involved in activities related to transfusion and transplantation medicine. Since its inception in 1947, the AABB continues to support the highest standards of medical, technical and administrative performance, scientific investigation, clinical application and education. The association is dedicated to encouraging the voluntary donation of blood and other tissues and organs through education, public information and research. The AABB member facilities are responsible for collecting virtually all of the nation's blood supply and transfusing more than 80 percent. Nearly 2,000 institutions (community and hospital blood banks, hospital transfusion services, and laboratories) and about 8,000 individuals are members of the AABB, including physicians, scientists, administrators, medical technologists, blood donor recruiters and public relations personnel. Members are located in all 50 states and 80 countries. The AABB's active membership provides direction to the association through its board of directors and more than 30 committees of dedicated volunteer professionals.

What is the AABB Accreditation Program?

The AABB Accreditation Program promotes the highest standard of care for patients and donors in all aspects of blood banking, transfusion medicine, hematopoietic (blood stem cells like cord blood), cellular and gene therapies, and transplantation. This is accomplished by the administration of accreditation activities in a competent and reliable manner that fosters improvement in laboratory and transfusion medicine settings. It is the intent that the accreditation granted and the services covered by the accreditation be recognized at a national and international level.

How is a Cord Blood Bank Accredited by the AABB?

Accreditation follows an intensive on-site assessment by specially trained experts who have many years of education, experience, and research in these fields. The AABB accreditation personnel evaluate the policies and procedures to ensure that the level of medical, technical and administrative performance within the facility meets or exceeds the standards set by the AABB. The assessment includes the donor evaluation process, transportation of cord blood to the processing laboratory, cell processing, calibration and validation of processing and storage equipment/instrumentation, cryopreservation/storage records, document control, inspection and testing, training of laboratory technologists, sample identification and traceability, and verification of cord blood units when released from storage.

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