The AATB Board of Governors released the below tax status statement in support of their members.

We are excited to announce that effective immediately, all employees of AATB Accredited Institutional Member (AIM) establishments are eligible for AATB Individual Membership.

National Minority Donor Awareness Month is a collaborative initiative of the National (Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation) Multicultural Action Group (NMAG)—AATB, AMAT, AOPO, DLA, EBAA, HRSA, MOTTEP & NKF to save and improve the quality of life of diverse communities by creating a positive culture for organ, eye, and tissue donation.

Recognizing that 2020 was a year filled with worldwide uncertainties, AATB would like to use the 2021 Annual Meeting as an opportunity to recognize all of the outstanding research being done in the tissue banking community. This year the AATB will showcase all submitted and accepted abstracts at the Annual Meeting, October 12-15 in Atlanta, GA. 

AATB is excited to announce that President and CEO Marc Pearce has joined the Donate Life America Board of Directors. 

The AATB biennial election for the 2021-2023 AATB Board of Governors Officers and At-Large Members is now open.

Please access the PDF below to read the response to the FDA safety communication on March 31, 2021, titled Acellular Dermal Matrix (ADM) Products Used in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Differ in Complication Rates.

At the 2019 AATB Annual meeting in Toronto, AATB began working with a group of representatives from both recovery only and processing establishments to develop a revised approach to conducting inspections of establishments that perform the singular activity of recovering donated tissue.

AATB’s Physicians Council has shared a slide deck from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to assist tissue establishment medical directors in educating their organizations’ staff and addressing vaccine hesitancy.