This is done using a needle and syringe under a general anaesthetic in a hospital. As there may be some discomfort where the needle has been inserted, you will need to stay in hospital for up to 48 hours and have a period of recovery at home of up to five days.
Stem cell donations are given in hospitals or at a clinic and you can bring someone with you for support. For the first month following your donation you will be contacted regularly to ensure you do not experience any adverse reactions. If you need to take time off work for the procedure you will be entitled to reimbursement of expenses.
These details will be covered in your medical interview when the procedures are explained. Both forms of stem cell collection may involve some temporary discomfort in your bones and any small risks involved will be fully explained before you donate. All you will know is that you are performing a very valuable and life-saving procedure for a person who is in need. NHSBT uses cookies which are essential for the site to work. We also use non-essential cookies to help us improve our services, any data collected is anonymised.
By continuing to use this website you agree to our use of cookies. You will then be asked to sign a consent form. You can choose to sign or not. You won't be pressured to sign the form. After you agree to be a donor, you'll have a test called human leukocyte antigen HLA typing. HLAs are proteins found in most cells in your body. This test helps match donors and recipients. A close match increases the chances that the transplant will be a success.
If you sign up with a donor registry, you may or may not be matched with someone who needs a blood stem cell transplant.
However, if HLA typing shows that you're a match, you'll undergo additional tests to make sure you don't have any genetic or infectious diseases that can be passed to the transplant recipient. Your doctor will also ask about your health and your family history to make sure that donation will be safe for you.
A donor registry representative may ask you to make a financial contribution to cover the cost of screening and adding you to the registry, but this is usually voluntary. Because cells from younger donors have the best chance of success when transplanted, anyone between the ages of 18 and 44 can join the registry for free. People ages 45 to 60 are asked to pay a fee to join; age 60 is the upper limit for donors. If you're identified as a match for someone who needs a transplant, the costs related to collecting stem cells for donation will be paid by that person or by his or her health insurance.
Collecting stem cells from bone marrow is a type of surgery and is done in the operating room. You'll be given an anesthetic for the procedure. Needles will be inserted through the skin and into the bone to draw the marrow out of the bone. This process usually takes one to two hours. After the bone marrow is collected, you'll be taken to the recovery room while the anesthetic wears off. You may then be taken to a hospital room where the nursing staff can monitor you.
When you're fully alert and able to eat and drink, you'll likely be released from the hospital. If blood stem cells are going to be collected directly from your blood, you'll be given injections of a medication to stimulate the production of blood stem cells so that more of them are circulating in your bloodstream. The medication is usually started several days before you're going to donate.
During the donation, blood is usually taken out through a catheter in a vein in your arm. The blood is sent through a machine that takes out the stem cells. The unused components are returned to your bloodstream. This process is called apheresis. It typically takes up to two hours and is done as an outpatient procedure. You'll typically undergo two to four apheresis sessions, depending on how many blood stem cells are needed.
Your recipient will have undergone a lot of treatment to get them to the day of their stem cell transplant.
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