Implementation and certification of ISO 9001:2015 seal in human tissue bank HCFMRP-USP

The Quality Management System has been a management technology applied to guarantee the quality of processes and products of a given organization. Thus, ISO 9001:2015 certification assists organizations that want to develop, implement, maintain, and improve a quality management system to enable process improvements and assessments to meet the needs of its customers. This experience report addresses the implementation and certification of the ISO 9001:2015 quality management seal at the Human Tissue Bank of the Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital (HCRP) at the University of São Paulo (USP) at Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP)-Brazil. In 2018, the Human Tissue Bank, in partnership with HCRP, received consultancies from PRIMEMODE. The consulting consisted of visits that elucidated the processes to the employees of the Tissue Bank, enabling them to clarify the applicability of all items of the standard. In March 2019, the Tissue Bank received the audit visit and was certified with the ISO 9001:2015 Seal by the Carlos Alberto Vanzolini Foundation. The Tissue Bank aims to provide human tissues for transplantation and research from organ donors. It has a complex physical structure within the required health and legal standards. Also, now it has a quality management seal. The certification guarantees the process organization and the high quality standard of the supplied tissues.