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FACT Announces New Accreditations;
Accredited Facilities Now Total 152

One new blood and marrow transplant program earned accreditation and nine additional facilities received accreditation renewal during the second quarter of 2007, 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:

·         Loma Linda University, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Loma Linda, CaliforniaProgram
Director: Christopher Morris, MD

ACCREDITATION RENEWALS

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

 

                                                                           

·         Centre de greffe de cellules souches hématopoïétiques de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec du CHUQ, Quebec City, Canada
Program Director: Felix Couture, MD

                                                              

·         Duke University Medical Center, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Durham, North Carolina
Program Director: Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

                                                                

·         H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program,  Tampa, Florida
Program Director: Claudio Anasetti, MD

                                                                                

·         Northwest Marrow Transplant Program at Oregon Health & Science University, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, and Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, Oregon
Program Director: Richard Maziarz, MD

                                                                           

·         Programme de transplantation de cellules souches hématopoïétiques du CHA, Quebec City, Canada
Program Director: Guy Cantin, MD

                                                                        

·         The University of Alabama Adult and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program, Birmingham, Alabama
Program Director: William Vaughan, MD

 

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

·         University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Program Director: Mounzer Agha, MD

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

·         INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax Stem Cell Transplant Program, Fairfax, Virginia
Program Director: Roy Beveridge, MD

Peripheral blood progenitor cell collection and laboratory processing:

·         Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Program Director: James Smith, MD, PhD

Currently there are 152 accredited blood and marrow transplant facilities, and 39 additional facilities are in various stages of application and inspection.   Fifteen cord blood banks have NetCord/FACT accreditation, and 40 additional banks in 16 countries have applied for accreditation.

For a complete list of accredited facilities and additional information about FACT accreditation, visit the FACT Web site.