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Standards, regulations and accreditation for registries involved in the worldwide exchange of hematopoietic stem cell donors and products

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The World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) is working closely with other international organizations working in cellular therapy such as the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT) to develop and maintain global recommendations and requirements for a standardized practice. WMDA launched its registry accreditation program in September 2003. Since then, 17 of the 71 hematopoietic stem cell donor registries worldwide have been accredited. These accredited registries list over 80% of the hematopoietic stem cell donors and umbilical cord blood units listed in the database of BM Donors Worldwide. The goal of the WMDA Standards and Accreditation process is to protect donors while serving the needs of patients who are urgently seeking histocompatible donors in worldwide searches. These activities address the increasing governmental regulations regarding the quality and safety of stem cells collected internationally for national patients.

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We thank the WMDA Accreditation Committee and the WMDA Board for their helpful comments. Shinichiro Okamoto, MD, and Colette Raffoux, MD, provided leadership for the early WMDA accreditation activities. We also thank all the WMDA members who have volunteered to participate as reviewers so that the WMDA registry accreditation could be implemented.

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  1. Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    C K Hurley

  2. Europdonor Foundation, WMDA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    L Foeken

  3. Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    M Horowitz

  4. National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    B Lindberg

  5. Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Pontyclun, UK

    M McGregor

  6. Ospedale Galliera, Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Genova, Italy

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Hurley, C., Foeken, L., Horowitz, M. et al. Standards, regulations and accreditation for registries involved in the worldwide exchange of hematopoietic stem cell donors and products. Bone Marrow Transplant 45, 819–824 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.8

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