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Community Tissue Services (CTS), a not-for-profit tissue bank, was founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1986 as a division of the Community Blood Center. The tissue bank was established to help patients in need of life saving or life enhancing tissue grafts. CTS' goal is to educate the community of the importance of tissue donation so that families can make informed decisions about the options of donation.
CTS serves the public through recovery, processing and distribution of human tissue grafts used for transplantation. Since 1994, CTS has expanded its Dayton, Ohio operations into Texas, Oregon, California, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, with over 300 employees nationwide. CTS is an accredited member of the American Association of Tissue Banks and ISO 9001:2000 Registered.
Strongly committed to providing the highest quality of tissues for transplantation, the tissue bank complies with all federal and state regulations. CTS is currently one of the largest US tissue banks, distributing nearly 10% of the tissue grafts in the United States. CTS is the largest nonprofit provider of skin grafts to surgeons for severe burn patients. In 2006, CTS provided over 94,000 tissue grafts that saved and enhanced lives.
CTS provides ongoing educational opportunities for the public and health professionals, as well as education and support to donor families. Staff members offer "New Nurse Orientation" and "Designated Requestor," in-services that provide nurses with information about CTS, tissue donation, eligibility criteria of what tissue can be donated and recovered, and uses and benefits of tissue grafts. Educational presentations are also offered to community organizations, corporations and educational institutes including Junior High School, High School and Colleges.
For more information or to schedule a speaker at your event contact CTS at (800) 684-7783, x3364 or email amoeder@cbccts.org.
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