Professional Associations

AABB - International association representing individuals and institutions involved in activities related to transfusion and cellular therapies, including transplantation medicine 
ASBMT - American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplant
ASFA - American Society for Apheresis 
ASHI - American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunology
ASGCT - American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
CAP - College of American Pathologists
CBMTG - The Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group 
EBMT - The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
ICCBBA - International organization enhancing safety for patients by managing the ISBT 128 international information standard for use in transfusion and transplantation
ISCT - International Society for Cellular Therapy 
PACT - Production Assistance for Cellular Therapies is an NHLBI federally-funded initiative to support the development and manufacture of novel cellular therapies
WBMT - Worldwide Network for Blood & Marrow Transplantation 
AHCTA - Alliance for Harmonization of Cellular Therapy Accreditation

Registries


NETCORD - Online search system for unrelated cord blood from the leading cord blood banks worldwide
NMDP - National Marrow Donor Program®
WMDA - World Marrow Donor Association

Research


Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - Journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Blood - Journal of the American Society of Hematology
Bloodline - Online Hematology Resource Comprehensive Hematology Research and Resources
CIBMTR - Center for Internationsl Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
Cytotherapy - Journal of the International Society for Cellular Therapy

Information and Support


nbmtLINK - National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
BMTinfonet - Blood and Marrow Transplant Newsletter
BMTnet - Blood and Marrow Transplantation Resources
Eurocord-ed - European Online Cord Blood Learning Portal for use by doctors, nurses, midwives, surgeons, VCB processing and testing laboratories, scientists and study groups
Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation - Resource to educate parent's about cord blood medical research and cord blood storage options 

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As a Matter of FACT

FACT was formally known as “FAHCT” (The Foundation for the Accreditation of Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy) until it expanded operations into other cellular therapies beyond hematopoietic cells.

Accreditation Success Story

The University of Utah Blood and Marrow Transplant Program began at the University Hospital in Salt Lake City in 1990. The program has been FACT accredited for 10 years, and offers suggestions for large programs considering FACT accreditation. Read more