title: [Development of modern tissue banks and quality control].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the development and quality control of modern tissue banks.
  
  
  METHODS
  The rules, regulations and the management literatures about tissue banks were extensively and comprehensively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tissue banks have a significant progress and are developing to concentration, industrialization and standardization gradually. Quality control is being paid more attention in modern tissue banks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Modern tissue banks will have a good future and the quality control must be intensified.
authors.affiliation: Provincial Tissue Bank, Institute for Radiation Protection of China, Taiyuan Shanxi, 030006, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Baoxing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D011786:Quality Control