In an attempt to harmonize clinical practices among francophone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation centers, the Francophone Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC) held its eleventh annual workshop series in September 2020 in Lille. This event brought together practitioners from across Europe. Our article discusses the updates and modifications for the 2021 version of the national patient follow-up care logbook.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProviding information to living donors is first and foremost a legal obligation as well as an ethical one, not to mention necessary to health care provision. It's been shown that quality of information concerning the procedure's practical aspects, scheduling of clinical tests and examinations, withdrawing stem cells for the donation, post-donation symptoms, and support provided by healthcare teams, directly impacts the donor's quality of experience. Taking this into consideration our group decided it was essential to create an informational support for donors in the form of a booklet to be provided in different hematopoietic stem cell transplant centers across France.
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