Accreditation FAQ

FACT Standards detail specific cellular therapy eligibility requirements and cord blood bank eligibility requirements.

CT eligibility requirements
CB eligibility requirements

FACT offers workshops, webinars, tutorials, and virtual roundtables to help applicant programs organize and prepare for an on-site inspection. To see all FACT educational offerings, check the FACT Calendar for live events and the FACT Store for recorded sessions, publications, and the Quality Management series.

FACT Calendar
FACT Store

There is no standard that requires materials and results to be maintained after the accreditation process is complete. However, FACT recommends that the organization keeps the documentation until the next accreditation cycle to assist in preparation for the renewal inspection and for internal audits.

FACT states on our website which organizations are accredited.

You may search for FACT accredited organizations using our Search Tool.

FACT states on our website which organizations are accredited.

You may search for FACT accredited organizations using our Search Tool.

FACT states on our website which organizations are accredited. We do not publish in-process applications.  If you believe an organization is misrepresenting its FACT accreditation status, please contact us at FACT@unmc.edu.

You may search for FACT accredited organizations using our Search Tool.

There are two options for applying for FACT accreditation:
1. The contracted collection facility can be inspected with each clinical program it serves.
The collection facility would submit a checklist for each collection site where services are performed for each applicant clinical program. Each collection site will be inspected at the time the applicant clinical program is inspected.

When an additional cellular therapy clinical program starts using the same contracted collection facility, the contracted collection facility will submit another checklist for each site where services are performed for the new clinical program. Each collection site will be inspected at the time the new clinical program is inspected.

This option could potentially result in the following:

• The contracted collection facility would submit multiple checklists for the same collection site (one for each applicant clinical program if using same site).
• The contracted collection facility would undergo multiple FACT inspections.

2. The contracted collection facility could pursue independent accreditation when serving multiple clinical programs.
This would require the collection facility to pay the one time registration fee. Once the contracted facility applies to be an independently accredited organization, they would complete the process for being accredited as an independent collection facility.

This option would result in the following:

• The independent collection facility would submit inspection checklist(s) for all collection sites at one time.
• The independent collection facility would have all their collection sites inspected once every three years.

FACT provides a list of accredited organizations that is searchable by various parameters, including the details about what organizations are specifically accredited for.

FACT Accredited Organization Search Tool.

You can create a FACTWeb profile so that FACT will be able to include you in our annual call for volunteers that occurs every fall.

Create your FACTWeb profile.