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This webpage is based on the chapters of the WMDA handbook.
General Organisation of a Registry
| WMDA Standard | Title and link to document | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.03 | Global Trends Report of WMDA | Annual publication presenting the unrelated stem cell donor activity on a global scale | Current (2018) |
3.13 4.09 | Unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors as research subjects Bone Marrow Transplantation (2011), 46: 10-13 | Discuss various implications of research participation of unrelated stem cell donors in research protocols. | Current (2017) |
| 10.13 | Donor and liability of donor registries, donor centres and collection centres-recommendations Bone Marrow Transplantation (2004), 33: 467-470 | The paper outlines the ethical aspects of liability of involved parties and the need for insurance coverage. The article has shortcoming with the respect to legal advices. | |
| 5.04.1 | Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy (2017), 44: 407-413 | An educational paper to explain why GRID is implemented on a global scale. | Current (2018) |
| 5.04.1 | GRID: Moving to Unique Donor Identifier | A public webpage with educational materials to implement GRID in a registry | Current (2018) |
2.11 2.11.1 | WMDA Quality Manual | A template quality manual for organisations that prepare for WMDA Qualification/Accreditation | Current (2017) |
| Related donors | Family donor care management: principles and recommendations Bone Marrow Transplantation (2010) 45: 1269-1273 | This document hopes to encourage increased collaboration between those caring for related and unrelated donors, and build on the extensive work, which has already been undertaken in this field to homogenize care. | Current (2017) |
| Related donors | Related hematopoietic cell donor care: is there a role for unrelated donor registries? Bone Marrow Transplantation (2015) 50: 637-641 | Paper outlining ways how to enhance and homogenise related donor care and if registries can play a role in counselling related donors and collecting their hematopoietic stem cells. | Current (2018) |
| 1.07 | Criteria for Evaluation of Transplant Centres | Develop criteria and a form to evaluate TCs in the following situations:
TC does not need to evaluated if the following apply:
| Under development |
| 1.06 | Donor centre Audit | Create guidelines and checklists to audit donor centres | Under development |
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| WMDA Standard | Title and link to document | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
3.22 3.22.2 | Bone Marrow Transplantation 49:880-886 Guidance for assessing the medical suitability for adult volunteer donors | The paper provides a background to unrelated adult donor and recipient safety, recommends a common framework for assessing the health of unrelated adult donors at each stage of the donation pathway and presents a novel mechanism for sharing international consensus criteria for individual medical and lifestyle conditions. The guidance below reflects the consensus opinion provided by the WMDA donor medical suitability committee. The purpose of this guidance is to provide globally harmonised medical assessment criteria which simultaneously protect the interest of donors whilst ensuring the safety of cellular products across international boundaries. | Current (2017) |
| 3.02 | Bone Marrow Transplantation (2013) 48: 1480150 | This paper is providing recommendations regarding qualifications and training of recruiters. At the moment, the online recruitment is not described in this paper. | Update required. |
| 2.08 | Key Performance Indicators for Registries | WMDA has defined five Key Performance Indicators that represent the key activities of stem cell donor registries. These key performance indicators are calculated annually from the WMDA Global Trends Report data. | Current (2018) |
| 3.03, 3.04, 3.09, 6.07, 6.07.1, 3.24, 10.11, 10.13 | Bone Marrow Transplantation (2010) 45: 832-838 | This paper is providing information about the donor care standards of the WMDA. The paper has been published in 2010, the wording of the WMDA Standards might have changed over time. | Current (2017) |
Donor search request
| WMDA Standard | Title and link to document | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
2.07 | Recommendation on the training of staff performing patient donor search and HLA matching activities |
| Recommendations by WMDA accredited registries on education of registry staff. Survey is done in 2009. | Update review, contact | ||
| 7.01 | WMDA Guidelines for subsequent donations following initial BM or PBSCs Bone Marrow Transplantation (2011) 46: 1409-1412 | This guideline is intended to outline where subsequent donations would routinely be considered appropriate (from the donor's point-of-view), as well as the frequency and timing of such donations. The background is outdated, the recommendations are current, the data are outdated and the survey information is outdated. | Under review, see https://share.wmda.info/x/8qWbEw for more information |
| 3.03, 3.06, 6.06 | Donor commitment and patient needs Bone Marrow Transplantation (2004) 33: 225-230 | This paper describes ethical issues related to the donation of hematopoietic stem cell products with respect to recruitment, evaluation, workup, and follow-up of unrelated donors. | Current (2017) |
Collection and transportation
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