St. Catherine Hospital has been granted accreditation by AABB.  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 AABB.  By successfully meeting those requirements, St. Catherine Hospital joins approximately 1,700 similar facilities across the United States and abroad that have earned the AABB Accreditation.   The accreditation procedure is voluntary and St. Catherine Hospital sought the accreditation because AABB assists facilities around the country in achieving excellence by promoting a level of professional and medical expertise that contributes to quality performance.

Since 1958, 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 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.  AABB is an international non-profit membership organization dedicated to advancing the field of transfusion medicine and related biological therapies.