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As the world’s leading blood stem cell donor center, we are constantly improving our quality standards.
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If you are a potential match for a patient, what happens next?
If your human leukocyte antigens ( HLA) is found to match a patient, you will be contacted by a member of our donor management team via email, phone call, text message, and letter to share the news and to kick-off this exciting process.
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Preparing to donate
After confirmatory typing, you are probably excited to know if you will be called to move forward. So are we!
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Your donation - Preparation and procedures
You're ready to move forward and donate! You will be giving a patient the greatest gift of all: a second chance at life.
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You are important to us
After your stem cell donation, we ask you to take part in a donor follow-up. This helps us to keep a close eye on your well-being.
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Contact with the patient
For many donors, the main concern post-donation is for the recipient of their stem cells: How are they doing? Can they be contacted? Would it be possible to meet them?

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