Blood and Bone Marrow Donation (Introduction to laboratory medicine)

This course provides the basic knowledge for the donation of hematopoietic stem cells and bone marrow transplantation. It also provides the information on whom and how one can become a donor, makes a detailed report on Volunteer Donor Registries including KEDMOP and further highlights the need to broaden the Greek Donor Registry. Finally, it covers the donation process, the preparation of the donor and the collection procedures of the graft both from bone marrow and the peripheral blood.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course the student will have a complete picture on the Blood Cell and Bone Marrow Donation. More specifically, at the end of this course the student: 1. Will be able to understand the Blood Cell and Bone Marrow Donation, the bone marrow transplantation, the collection of Blood cells and the Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor Registries. 2. Will be able to describe the procedures of volunteer bone marrow donation, to understand the process of registration of new donors in KEDMOP and also to participate as a KEDMOP volunteer in order to inform and recruit bone marrow volunteer donors. 3. Will be properly informed of Blood Cell and Bone Marrow Donation as well as of the need to increase the national pool of donors.

Prerequisites

None

Syllabus

1. Voluntary peripheral blood stem cell and bone marrow donation a) What is the bone marrow? b) What are the blood stem cells? c) What is the bone marrow transplantation? d) What are the HLA antigens and what is their role in bone marrow transplantation? e) Who can become a volunteer bone marrow donor? 2. Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor Registries a) Introduction b) What are the Bone Marrow Donor Registries? c) What is the CBMDP-«Xarise zoi»? 3. Stem Cell Harvest Procedure a) Preparation of blood donor for bone marrow donation b) Peripheral Stem Cell Harvest Procedure c) Bone Marrow Stem Cell Harvest Procedure 4. Questions of understanding and self-assessment for Blood Cell and Bone Marrow Donation