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Collection Center Participation Criteria

Gift of Life has its own state-of-the-art Apheresis Center – the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Gift of Life-NMDP Collection Center  – on its Boca Raton campus. In addition, we work with Collection Centers around the United States to collect peripheral blood stem cells, bone marrow and T cells.

  1. Gift of Life has detailed POI (Procedures of Interaction) detailing each party's responsibilities.

  2. The Collection Center (CC) must follow both the WMDA Standards and Gift of Life Standards, as well as national regulations and laws.

  3. Gift of Life sends the CC an annual compliance survey.

  4. The CC must be registered by relevant governmental authorities as applicable.

  5. The CC should be accredited by an organization such as AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) or FACT (Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy).

  6. The CC should be approved by the NMDP (National Marrow Donor Program).

  7. The CC Medical Director is responsible for safeguarding the health of the donor and ensuring the safety of the HPC product.

  8. Sufficient personnel possessing relevant experience and qualifications shall be available to support CC operations.

  9. The CC must have systems in place to prevent unauthorized access to donor and recipient data, both electronic and in paper format.

  10. The CC may not communicate with the Transplant Center unless there are exceptional circumstances and prior approval has been obtained from the Gift of Life.

PBSC and T Cell Collections

  1. The Apheresis Center (AC) shall be registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the related donor activities it performs.

  2. The AC should be accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC), when appropriate.

  3. The AC shall have an active IRB-approved protocol for administration of growth factor to healthy unrelated HPC-A donors.

Bone Marrow Collections

  1. The CC shall be accredited by TJC.

  2. The CC shall be accredited by an organization granted deemed status by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).