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FACT merges with Netcord accreditation
13 - 17 February 2004
The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) has combined with NETCORD to develop standards for the collection, storage, and distribution of umbilical cord blood for allogeneic (unrelated) stem cell transplants. The new NETCORD/FACT accreditation is applicable only to public banks.
A remaining problem, which is very important but still unresolved, is that there is currently no unified search mechanism to identify the most compatible cord blood match for an individual patient. Each bank has their own procedure for picking the best match.
Reference: Workshop on Cord Blood Transplantation at the IBMTR/ASBMT Meeting, Abstracts published in Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2004;10
A remaining problem, which is very important but still unresolved, is that there is currently no unified search mechanism to identify the most compatible cord blood match for an individual patient. Each bank has their own procedure for picking the best match.
Reference: Workshop on Cord Blood Transplantation at the IBMTR/ASBMT Meeting, Abstracts published in Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2004;10
Last modified: 21.January 2010
Copyright 2000 - 2010 Frances Verter
Copyright 2000 - 2010 Frances Verter