Changes in hospital human tissue oversight in the United States between 2005 and 2011: results of a follow-up AABB survey.

Background: In 2005, The Joint Commission (TJC) implemented tissue storage and issuance standards for hospital oversight, which AABB assessed by survey. This follow-up survey of AABB's membership, 6 years later, ascertained changes after TJC implementation of tissue standards.

Study Design And Methods: AABB's Biovigilance Tissue Working Group conducted a Web-based survey, distributed to 1069 hospital institutional members in June 2011.