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Bone Marrow Coordinating Center: Standards & Measurements

Monitoring the performance of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Program) against specific standards is key to helping more patients have a successful bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant.

The Bone Marrow Coordinating Center, one component of the Program, recruits potential marrow donors and works with a network of organizations throughout the transplantation process.

Performance standards for the Bone Marrow Coordinating Center describe:

• Number of unrelated marrow donors on the Program's registry. This includes reporting the numbers of potential marrow donors from these racial or ethnic heritages: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African-American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Hispanic or Latino.
• Search process accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness.
• Safety of donors and patients.
• Quality and costs of the Program's services, including donor retention.

The Bone Marrow Coordinating Center regularly reports performance measurements to HRSA.