[Musculoskeletal tissue banks in Mexico: behavior, management and recommendations on their activities]

Tissue banks currently warrant an interdisciplinary management leading to detect and address pressure conflicts taking into account ethical aspects, the safety and quality of the tissues provided, behavior under the principles of altruism, solidarity and equity, and the procurement of deceased donor tissues. This review article intends to inform about the main work-related and coordination aspects of the departments in tissue banks, and recognize their instances of sanitary responsibility and the bodies issuing recommendations to maintain clinical safety from the perspective of infection prevention and transmission of diseases related with musculoskeletal grafts.