Research Article

Challenges and Outcomes of the First Stem Cell Transplant Program in Tanzania, East Africa

Table 4

Action plan for closing the gaps.

TeamsMembersOnline phaseOn-site phase

Supervisory teamHCG, India(i) Overall planning and coordination of the SCT program(i) Febrile neutropenia policy
(i) BMT program director
MNH, Tanzania
(i) Head of department of haematology and BMT(i) Importing drugs, reagents and consumables(i) Coordination between collaborating departments such as the clinical laboratory, transfusion medicine, dietetics, etc
(ii) Senior consultant
(iii) Head of nursing
(iv) Clinical pharmacologist
(v) Head of stem cell laboratory

NursingHCG, India(i) Hand hygiene(i) Rounding
(i) Head of Haematology-BMT nursing(ii) Sterile reconstitution of injectable drugs(ii) Clinical nursing in a SCT unit
(ii) Nursing educator, haematology-BMT(iii) PICC line sampling and dressing
(iii) Quality manager, haematology-BMT(iv) Nursing monitoring
MNH, Tanzania
(i) Nursing head, haematology
(ii) Nursing team, haematology

Physicians teamHCG, India(i) Overview of SCT(i) Patient monitoring and documentation
(i) BMT program director(ii) Rounding
(ii) One attending physician(iii) Screening patients pretransplant
(iii) BMT coordinator(iv) Evaluation and consenting
MNH, Tanzania
(i) Head of department of haematology and BMT
(ii) All the physicians in Haematology-BMT

Stem cell laboratoryHCG, India(i) Apheresis training(i) Stem cell product labelling, storage and transport
(i) Director, stem cell laboratory(ii) CD34+ cell enumeration
(ii) Apheresis technologist
(iii) Hematopathologist
(iv) Technologist, hematopathology laboratory
MNH, Tanzania
(i) Director, stem cell laboratory
(ii) Apheresis technologist
(iii) Hematopathologist
(iv) Technologist, hematopathology laboratory