These Standards establish performance requirements for informed consent or authorization, donor eligibility assessment through donor screening and testing, as well as for the recovery, processing, storage, packaging, labeling, and distribution of transplantable human tissue.

The Standards for Tissue Banking include expectations and guidance on:

• General institutional requirements
• Functional components
• Records Management
• Authorization and consent practices
• Donor screening, testing, and eligibility
• Parameters surrounding tissue recovery operations
• Tissue processing, packaging, labeling, storage, and distribution
• Establishment and maintenance of a quality program