HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT
STEM CELLS 101
THE DONATION PROCESS
SO YOU'RE A MATCH!
Here's some info about what you can expect.
STEP ONE
With the guidance of a registered nurse you will go through a comprehensive health assessment to make sure you can safely donate. The nurse performs this assessment over the phone.
STEP TWO
If you are selected as a match, you will also be required to complete a physical examination and routine medical tests to confirm that you are in good health to donate stem cells and that you have no infectious diseases. A physician conducts this thorough physical assessment at the nearest collection centre—the hospital where you will donate your stem cells.
STEP THREE
Once you are confirmed as medically eligible and you agree to proceed, you will be asked to consent to the donation. The recipient patient will be notified and will start his or her pre-transplant treatments.
STEP FOUR
There are two types of donation that you may be asked to give. Depending on the treatment selected for the recipient patient, you will donate either peripheral stems cells or bone marrow stem cells:
1. PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL DONATION
2. BONE MARROW STEM CELL DONATION