Czech Stem Cells Registry, former Czech Bone Marrow Donor Registry, was founded in 1991 in the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine. In the same year, it became member of the international network of unrelated bone marrow donor registries which was managed from the co-ordinating centre in Leiden, Netherlands. CSCR is member of BMDW and WMDA.

CSCR gradually established contacts and joined other co-operating information networks: National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) in Minneapolis in 1997 and European Marrow Donor Information System (EMDIS) in Ulm, Germany.

 

CSCR holds ISO 9001 certification dated September 2007.

 

CSCR effectively takes advantage of methodical and human resources of HLA laboratories (EFI accredited) which work both for solid organ and bone marrow transplants.

 

CSCR registers more than 22 000 bone marrow (stem cells) donors including cord blood units. CSCR searches in its database HLA matched donors for Czech and for international patients as well.

 

CSCR activities:

 

• Maintenance of donor and cord blood unit database (SW Prometheus supplied by Steiner, Ltd.)
• Searches for Czech patients in Czech and international registries
• Searches in CSCR database for international patients (fax / e-mail/ EMDIS request are accepted)
• Cooperation with Czech transplant centres and international registries
• Donor work-up requests coordination
• CBU requests coordination incl. further HLA typing, DNA shipment, CBU procurement

  

• Bone marrow/PBSC donors’ recruitment
• HLA typing (in cooperation with EFI accredited laboratory)
• Blood sample procurement for confirmatory typing
• PBSC / BM / DLI procurement  (We are able to perform related donor examination/collection in case of need)