FACT Announces New Accreditations;
Accredited Facilities Now Total 148

Three blood and marrow transplant facilities achieved accreditation and 8 others earned accreditation renewals during the third quarter of this year, according to the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT).

FACT is a non-profit voluntary foundation for standard-setting, self-assessment, inspection and accreditation in all phases of hematopoietic collection, processing and transplantation.  It is jointly sponsored by ASBMT and the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT).

The accreditation actions were:

NEW ACCREDITATIONS

Allogeneic and autologous marrow and peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation, including collection and laboratory processing:

• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  Program Director:  Rakesh Goyal, MD
  

Autologous marrow and peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation, including collection:

• The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
  Program Director:  Roberta Adams, MD

Allogeneic and autologous marrow and peripheral blood progenitor laboratory processing:

• cGMP Cell Processing Facility, Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
  Program Director:  Rajendra Pahwa, MD

ACCREDITATION RENEWALS

Allogeneic and autologous marrow and peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation, including collection and laboratory processing:

• Utah Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Program Director:   Michael Pulsipher, MD
  
  
• Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
  Program Director:  John Wingard, MD
  
  
• The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Philadlephia, Pennsylvania.
  Program Director:  Nancy Bunin, MD
  
  
• Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
  Program Director:  Debra Frei-Lahr, MD
  

Autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation, including collection and laboratory processing:

• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois
  Program Director:  Jacob Biltran, MD

Autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell collection and laboratory processing:

• American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Region Cellular Therapy Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Program Director:  David Moolten, MD

Allogeneic and autologous marrow and peripheral blood progenitor cell collection and laboratory processing:

• Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
  Program Director:  Scott Rowley, MD

Autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell collection and laboratory processing:

• Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services, Portland, Oregon
  Program Director:  Lance Trainor, MD

Currently there are 148 accredited blood and marrow transplant facilities, and 87 additional facilities are in various stages of application and inspection.   Eleven cord blood banks have NetCord/FACT accreditation, and 37 additional banks in 16 countries have applied for accreditation.