AABB Updates CSMQ Supplemental Tool to Align With 12th Edition of CT Standards

To support AABB-accredited facilities engaging with cellular starting material, AABB Accreditation has updated the Cellular Starting Material Qualification (CSMQ) Supplemental Tool to reflect the 12th edition of the Standards for Cellular Therapy Services. Facilities can access this document through the APEX portal.

The supplemental tool highlights activities that are crucial to delivering a uniform, safe and high-quality product. This tool is intended to serve as a mechanism to recognize that this type of cellular starting material provisioning has typically existed at the intersection of two different accreditation activities (blood bank and transfusion services and cellular therapy). Several AABB-accredited facilities already perform and meet these requirements.  

Members may contact AABB Accreditation at accreditation@aabb.org or 301.215.3492 for further information.