4,736 square foot laboratory

Registered with the FDA as a Tissue Establishment and accredited by the Association for Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) and the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT).

State-of-the-art facility with HEPA filtration throughout.

Four processing bays

On site liquid nitrogen supply tanks with vacuum jacketed freezers for on-site storage of cryopreserved cells.

Environmental monitoring system throughout facility to measure temperature, humidity, oxygen levels, and power surges/loss of power.  UPS and generator backup.

Performs autologous, allogeneic, cord blood and matched unrelated donor processing of cellular therapy products and collection of bone marrow in the Northside Hospital surgery suites.

• Designated bone marrow collection facility for NMDP and Gift of Life registries

Processing of cellular starting material for immune effector cells (IECs) CD34 cell selection technology.

Preparation of IECs and cell-based research products for infusion.

Highly specialized and trained staff

Supervisor with over 20 years of experience in processing cellular therapy products and developing an Onboarding process for IEC, CAR-T and research products.

Laboratory Quality and Regulatory Manager with over 25 years’ experience in processing cellular therapy products and certified as both a Specialist in Blood Bank (SBB) and as a Certified Advanced Biotherapy Professional (CABP).

• Maintains HSC Laboratory in a continued state of compliance and readiness with regulatory and accrediting agency standards.

• Currently serves on several AABB’s Cell Therapy Committees: Standards, Accreditation and Uniform Donor History Questionnaire and was a Past Chair of all 3 committees.

• Chair of the AABB Cell Therapy Uniform Donor History Questionnaire Task Force

Inspector for Cellular Therapy Programs for over 25 years

4 additional Medical Technologists with over 25 years of combined experience in processing cellular therapy products. 

• 3 are certified through AABB as a Certified Advanced Biotherapy Professional (CABP).