Institutional Membership

Any organization that performs activities traditionally performed by hospitals and community blood centers including the collection, processing, distribution or transfusion of blood and blood components is eligible for institutional membership. AABB Accreditation is a requirement for institutional membership.

Membership dues for institutional members are $1,000 ($1,200 for relationship testing facilities) plus applicable accreditation fees per membership year (January 1 to December 31).

Blood Bank, Blood Center or Transfusion Service institutional membership application (PDF).

Specialty Facilities institutional membership application (PDF).

Relationship Testing Facility  institutional membership application (PDF).

Mail or fax your application to:
AABB Member Services
8101 Glenbrook Road
Bethesda, MD 20814-2749
Fax: +1.301.951.7150

To review AABB Code of Ethics and Bylaws, click here (PDF).

Questions? Contact Member Services at +1.301.215.6489 or membership@aabb.org.

Institutional Member Benefits

• AABB Accreditation program
• Publications, complimentary copy of the Accreditation Information Manual (AIM), as well as standards for activities in which you seek accreditation
• Access to the Members Area of the AABB Web site including exclusive access to AABB Forums, question and answer service, and the Membership Directory
• Free listing on the AABB Donate Blood section of the AABB Web site
• Subscriptions to AABB News and TRANSFUSION, AABB Weekly Report, AABB Weekly Report News Flash and AABB SmartBrief 
• Association Bulletins
• Online educational tools
• National Blood Exchange, a national blood resource sharing program
• Voting privileges
• Regulatory and technical assistance
• Discounts on publications and educational programs
• Donor recruitment materials sent to collection sites approximately once a year

Institutional Member Types

Transfusion Service - A facility that performs one or more of the following activities: compatibility testing, storage, selection and issuing of blood and components to intended recipients.

Blood Bank – A facility that performs, or is responsible for the performance of, the collection, processing, storage and distribution of human blood, components and tissue intended for transfusion and transplantation.

Donor Center A facility that performs, or is responsible for the performance of, the collection, processing, testing or distribution of blood and components.

HPC Service – A facility involved in qualifying donors, performing one or more of the manufacturing steps for HPC products (including collection, processing and storage), or distributing these products.

Cord Blood Service – A facility involved in any of the following activities: collection, processing and storage of cord blood products. May consist of more than one collection site.

Somatic Cell – a facility that performs one or more of the manufacturing steps for somatic cell products, including collection, processing, and storage, and/or distributes these products.

Relationship Testing Laboratory - A facility that performs relationship testing and provides parentage test reports.

Immunohematology Reference Laboratory – A facility equipped for performing investigational procedures pertaining to immunohematologic studies.

Perioperative Service – A location or operational area within a facility where any of the following activities are performed by the facility's staff or contract personnel: intraoperative and postoperative autologous blood recovery; perioperative autologous component production; and intraoperative acute normovolemic hemodilution, including - product collection, storage and administration.

 

Benefits of 2008 AABB Membership and Affiliate Programs

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