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| Infrastructure of the stem cell transplant unit |
| (i) HEPA-filtered rooms with attached washroom |
| (ii) Clean and dirty utility areas |
| (iii) Biomedical equipment: infusion and syringe pumps, cardiac monitors, medication carts, crash cart, computers for accessing the hospital and laboratory information systems |
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| Apheresis facility |
| (i)Apheresis equipment × 2 |
| (ii) Appropriate stem cell harvest kit |
| (iii) ACD bags and other consumables |
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| Stem cell laboratory for CD34+ cell enumeration and stem cell storage |
| (i) Flow cytometer with updated software |
| (ii) Reagents for standardization of CD34+ cell enumeration |
| (iii) CD34+ cell enumeration beads and reagents |
| (iv) Controlled rate freezer with liquid nitrogen storage tank |
| (v) Liquid nitrogen shipper |
| (vi) Liquid nitrogen supply |
| (vii) Trained laboratory technologist |
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| Team |
| (i) Attending physicians |
| (ii) Associate physicians |
| (iii) Registered nurses |
| (iv) Clinical pharmacist |
| (v) Housekeeping staff |
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| Policies and protocols |
| (i) Standard operating protocols (SOP) for pretransplant workup and consent |
| (ii) Nursing policies and SOPs |
| (iii) Infection control policy |
| (iv) Febrile neutropenia management policy |
| (v) Central venous access insertion and maintenance bundle |
| (vi) Transfusion policy |
| (vii)SOPs for peripheral blood stem cell harvest, storage, transport and infusion |
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| Drugs |
| (i) Antibiotics and antifungals |
| (ii) G-CSF |
| (iii) Plerixafor |
| (iv) Chemotherapeutic drugs |
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| Allied departments |
| (i) Intensive care unit |
| (ii) Transfusion medicine service with availability of blood components |
| (iii) Laboratory with a quality management plan for hematologic and biochemistry tests and for blood culture and sensitivity |
| (iv) Dietetics department with hygiene control and pest control |
| (v) Radiology department with the ability to insert central venous catheters |
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