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Oral cavity care in patients after high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation: The East Forum EBMT Nurses Group standard of care

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 47, pages 149–150 (2012)Cite this article

The East Forum EBMT Nurses Group (NG) consists of nurses and other healthcare professionals from Central and East Europe transplant centres in the EBMT Outreach countries. Recently, 23 transplant centres from 9 countries have cooperated. The Forum activities are in concordance with those of the EBMT-NG: to improve and promote quality and further development of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation nursing.

Oral mucositis (OM) remains a significant medical and nursing problem in the high-dose chemotherapy and haematopoietic SCT setting. Recently, several evidence-based recommendations and guidelines on OM prophylaxis and care have been presented; for example, the MASCC (Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer), NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) and ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology).1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The East Forum has also acknowledged the importance of protocolized and evidence-based nursing and has promoted several research projects and discussions on nursing problems in an attempt to find an international consensus on some of these. The East Forum is aware of the importance of the EBMT Outreach countries’ multicentre cooperation, which can substantially help promote transplant nursing, nursing procedures and research.

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Special thanks to the East Forum EBMT-NG cooperating nurses from Hradec Kralove, Plzen, Brno, Olomouc, Prague-Motol, Prague-VFN, Prague-Vinohrady and Prague-UHKT (Czech Republic), Debrecen (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania), Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Poznan, Gdansk, Lodz and Katowice (Poland), St Petersburg (Russia), Bratislava and Kosice (Slovakia), Tartu (Estonia), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Belgrade and Novi Sad (Serbia). Thanks are also due to Dr Vladimir Koza (Plzen, Czech Republic), the Co-Chair EBMT Outreach Committee and other members of the EBMT Outreach Committee.

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  1. Department of Haemato-Oncology, University Hospital in Plzen (Pilsen), Plzen (Pilsen), Czech Republic

    E Bystricka

  2. Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania

    R Ghelase

  3. Department of Haematology, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    I K S Gorican

  4. Department of Haematology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    E Mazur

  5. Department of Haemato-Oncology, University Hospital in Plzen (Pilsen), Plzen (Pilsen), Czech Republic

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Bystricka, E., Ghelase, R., Gorican, I. et al. Oral cavity care in patients after high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation: The East Forum EBMT Nurses Group standard of care. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 149–150 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2011.19

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