Addressing Ethical and Procedural Principles for Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Donation in a Changing Medical EnvironmentBScomment >

Since its establishment, the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) has developed standards in line with published international guidelines and policies to ensure the safety of adult volunteer donors and quality of hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) products [1]. The requirements for (written) informed consent at time of the various stages from recruitment to donation are described in the WMDA Standards [2]. Recruitment, high-resolution HLA typing, verification typing, and work-up for donation of standard cell products (bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell [PBSC] donation or subsequent donation, including therapeutic T cells), are considered standard procedures as long as they themselves are not part of a research protocol [3].

Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - February 2, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Suzanna M. van Walraven, Torstein Egeland, Veronica Borrill, Grazia Nicoloso-de Faveri, Gabi Rall, Jeff Szer, Working Group Medical of the World Marrow Donor Association Source Type: research