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 cord blood transplant (also called a BMT).
The Cord Blood Coordinating Center (CBCC), one component of the Program, matches cord blood units for patients in need. The CBCC also works with its network of cord blood banks to recruit expectant parents for umbilical cord blood donation and to distribute cord blood units; this includes working with banks that hold National Cord Blood Inventory contracts.
Performance standards for the CBCC describe:
- Number of cord blood units on the Program's Registry. The units will be collected from these communities: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African-American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Hispanic or Latino.
- Quality of cord blood units and testing.
- Search process accuracy, efficiency and timeliness.
- Safety of donors and patients.
- Transplant center service satisfaction.