FACT accredited Cellular Therapy programs have demonstrated compliance with the current FACT Cellular Therapy Standards. The accreditation process involves the submission of documentation to demonstrate compliance with the standards and a subsequent on-site inspection conducted by inspectors qualified by training and experience in cellular therapy.
Accredited programs have met rigorous standards, as defined by the leading experts in the field, and based on the latest knowledge of the field of cellular therapy product transplantation and in compliance with governmental regulations.
Programs are accredited for the types of transplants they perform or the services they provide.
Accredited Services
| Transplantation: | Clinical program that is responsible for all aspects of patient care and treatment including the infusion of cells with the intent of providing transient or permanent engraftment in support of therapy of disease. Adult - An adult patient as defined by the program. Pediatric - A pediatric patient as defined by the program. Auto - Autologous transplant: Cells are taken from one individual and transplanted back into the same individual. Allo - Allogeneic transplant: Cells are taken from one individual and transplanted into another genetically diverse individual. |
| Collection: | Facility where cellular therapy products are collected from a donor and labeled. Marrow - Bone Marrow collection: the collection of material that contains immature and mature blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets from the interior of a large bone of a donor. Apheresis -A medical technology in which the blood of a donor is separated into its component parts, the desired component is removed, and the remaining components are returned to the donor. |
| Processing Lab: | A location where cellular therapy product processing activities are performed. The facility is responsible for all aspects of manipulation, cryopreservation, packaging and labeling of cellular therapy products regardless of source. |