Donor work-up and transport of bone marrow - recommendations and requirements for a standardized practice throughout the world from the Donor registries and Quality assurance Working Groups of the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA)

In October 1995 the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) was restructured in order to facilitate its primary function of establishing guidelines in relation to international bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants -- transplants in which the donor is in one country and the patient is in another...

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Published in:	Bone marrow transplantation (Basingstoke) Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 621 - 629
Main Authors:	CLEAVER, S. A, WARREN, P, NAKAMURA, M, OKAH, C. T, PERSSON, U, RADDE-STEPANIAK, T, RANSON, L, RAYMOND, J, DO ROSARIO SANCHO, M, VARLA-LEFTHERIOTI, M, WIEGAND, T, WINTERHAGER, J. M, KERN, M, WOODFIELD, D. G, HURLEY, C. K, RAFFOUX, C, KELLER, J, KIESEL, U, KOZA, V, MARRY, E, MITTERSCHIFFTHALER, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke Nature Publishing Group 01-10-1997
Subjects:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Bone marrow Bone marrow transplantation Bone Marrow Transplantation - standards Bone marrow, stem cells transplantation. Graft versus host reaction Confidentiality Guideline Adherence Hematopoietic stem cells Histocompatibility Testing Humans Living Donors Medical sciences Quality assurance Quality Control Registries Specimen Handling - standards Stem cell transplantation Stem cells Surveys and Questionnaires Tissue Preservation - standards Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy Transplants Transplants & implants Working groups Human Transfusion Unrelated donor Register Homograft Bone marrow Collection Graft Transport Recommendation
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Summary:	In October 1995 the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) was restructured in order to facilitate its primary function of establishing guidelines in relation to international bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants -- transplants in which the donor is in one country and the patient is in another country. Five new working groups were established -- Donor Registries, Ethics, Quality Assurance, Finances, and Stem Cells. This paper, prepared by members of the Donor Registries Working Group, in consultation with the Quality Assurance Working Group, provides recommendations for the 'donor work-up'. This term covers events that start when the definitive donor has been identified, includes the harvesting (collection) and transportation of the stem cell product and ends when the product reaches the transplant centre. The paper includes examples of the documentation intended to ensure compliance with the recommendations at all key points in the sequence.
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ISSN:	0268-3369 1476-5365
DOI:	10.1038/sj.bmt.1700943