Membership in ABLE consists of Pledged Institutional Members, Pledged Affiliate Organizations, Individual Regular Members, and Individual Associate Members. See below for details.
If you are considering Institutional or Affiliate Membership for your business at this time please contact Pat @ info@ablebioskills.com or call 847-894-3296. the system on the website isn't working properly at this time.
Regular members are individuals who serve as owners, operators or employees of Bioskills Laboratories in the following categories: Tissue providers, Industry, University, and Private entities, each of which must own and/or operate a Bioskills Laboratory.
Associate members are individual representatives from tissue providers, healthcare vendors, healthcare professionals and associations who do not own and/or operate a bioskills facility, yet support the mission of ABLE.
As an institutional member, your pledged organization will be listed on the ABLE website and you will be permitted to use the ABLE Institutional Member Logo on your website and other marketing materials. This will let your clients, and the public-at-large, know that you are fully committed to laboratory excellence! ABLE institutional membership also grants your organization (2) individual memberships (a $125 value) at no additional cost. Individual members are entitled to vote during elections and on key issues, run for board seats, participate in committees, gain access to supplemental guidance documents, and much more.
If you own and/or operate a Bioskills facility, you are probably already well aware that there is little to no regulation or published guidance available to ensure that your organization is providing the best possible learning environment as well as maintaining an adequate quality system. ABLE sought to change this by first establishing a set of guidelines which are published and available at no cost. ABLE now offers Institutional Membership to organizations that are committed to implementing the ABLE Guidelines for best practices within their policies and procedures. An organization seeking this membership must sign the ABLE Institutional Membership Pledge, attesting to its efforts to abide by the established Guidelines. Bioskills facilities should take advantage of any opportunity to advance their perceived professionalism. Becoming an institutional member of ABLE and sharing with the world that they have made a pledge to follow best practices, is a worthy addition to any Bioskills facility’s list of qualifications.
As an affiliate member, your organization will be listed on the ABLE website and you will be permitted to use the ABLE Affiliate Organization Member Logo on your website and other marketing materials. This will let your clients, and the public-at-large, know that you are fully committed to ABLE's mission and aiding the bioskills industry. Affiliate membership also grants your organization (2) individual associate memberships (a $250 value) at no additional cost. To learn more about the benefits of individual associate membership, please see Associate Membership below.
You don't have to be a bioskills laboratory to want to aid in responsible bioskills operation. By becoming an Affiliate Organization Member with ABLE, you are telling the bioskills industry and the public-at-large that you are there to fully support its mission. You aren't just there to provide critical supplies and services, you are there to encourage the use of best practices to propel the professionalism and efficacy of the learning environment and to ultimately improve patient outcomes.
