The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission (formerly known as JCAHO) evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

Joint Commission Resources
Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR) is a global, knowledge-based organization which disseminates information regarding accreditation, standards development and compliance, good practices, and health care quality improvement. Joint Commission Resources is dedicated to helping health care organizations world-wide to improve the quality of patient care and achieve peak performance. JCR also works with clinical software application and implementation vendors to improve the quality and patient safety aspects of its services.

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
AORN is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses whose mission is to support registered nurses in achieving optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures.

FDA List of Registered Tissue-Based Product Establishments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains this alphabetical list of registered human cell, tissues and cellular and tissue-based product establishments.