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Scope and Applicability.

This instruction applies to all medical centers, dental centers, hospitals, clinics, and tenant commands using tissue. This instruction does not reflect the process for retrieving living organ donations or vascularized composite allografts for transplantation. Refer to reference (a) for retrieving living organ donations or vascularized composite allografts for transplantation. References (b), part 1270 and part 1271, through (f) amplify regulatory requirements for management of HCT/Ps. Accreditation requirements for management of HCT/Ps can be found in reference (f), the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Guidelines for Managing Tissue Allografts in Hospitals, American Association for Tissue Banking Standards for Tissue Banking and the Standards of the College of American Pathologists.