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Comments
Requested on Proposed Standards: The National Bone Marrow Donor
Registry
The National Bone Marrow Donor Registry (NBMDR) is operated under
a contract between the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) and the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), a nonprofit
organization that makes blood stem cell transplants possible for
patients who do not have matching donors in their families. The
NMDP helps patients with leukemia and other life threatening blood
disorders obtain transplants by finding tissue-matched unrelated
volunteer donors and cord blood units.
The NMDP has established
basic guidelines for programs working as part of its network of
centers. The types of member centers in the network are: donor
recruitment organizations, marrow or peripheral blood collection
organizations, transplant centers, and cord blood banks. These
guidelines are defined within the NMDP Standards. A proposed revision
to the 18th edition of the Standards, called the Draft 19th Edition
NMDP Standards, is currently open for comment from members of
the public and the NMDP network. The comment period ends December
31, 2003.
Visit
the NMDP website to view or download the proposed new Standards.
You may also submit comments electronically at that site or you
may send comments via fax (612-884-8280) or mail to: The National
Marrow Donor Program, QSMS Dept., 3001 Broadway Street, NE, Suite
#500, Minneapolis, MN 55413. A paper copy of the Standards can
be requested by sending an e-mail request to standards@nmdp.org
or by calling 1-800-526-7809 and asking for the QSMS Department.
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