Carney Earns AABB Accreditation

1/23/2008

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    CONTACT: DIANE LOUPO
December 18, 2007      617-296-4000, EXT 5222
        Diane.Loupo@caritaschristiorg

CARITAS CARNEY EARNS AABB ACCREDITATION

Dorchester, MA- Caritas Carney Hospital has been granted re-accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), according to Kevin Dole, MD, director of  pathology.
Accreditation follows an intensive on-site assessment by specially trained AABB assessors and establishes that the level of medical, technical and administrative performance within the facility meets or exceeds the standards set by the AABB. By successfully meeting those requirements, Caritas Carney joins approximately 1,800 similar facilities across the United States and abroad that have earned AABB Accreditation.
“The AABB’s Accreditation procedures are voluntary,” Dole explained. “Caritas Carney has sought AABB Accreditation because this program assists facilities around the country in achieving excellence by promoting a level of professional and medical expertise that contributes to quality performance.”
Since 1958, the AABB has been engaged in the accreditation of blood banks and transfusion services. AABB Accreditation is the designation of choice for blood banking, transfusion medicine, blood management, relationship testing, and cellular therapies because it demonstrates an organization’s commitment to advanced learning, continuous improvement and innovation by striving to sustain the highest possible level of patient and donor care.
Caritas Carney is a community teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine. The hospital has been affiliated with Caritas Christi Health Care since 1997. Caritas Christi is the second largest health care system in New England.