title: Current safety sterilization and tissue banking issues for soft tissue allografts.
abstract: Allografts used in orthopedic surgery have steadily increased. With concerns regarding tissue safety and processing, governing entities have increased their regulation. This review articles discusses current testing and processing of allografts as well as the rules of their handling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Healthcare Consultation Center, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90033 4608, USA. vangsnes@usc.edu
authors.forename: C Thomas
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Vangsness
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Dellamaggiora
mesh_terms: D003238:Connective Tissue; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D017751:Safety Management; D013242:Sterilization / Q000592:standards*; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014481:United States