Committee Mission
The mission of the Accreditation Committee is to recommend to the Executive Committee policies, programs, and actions pertaining to regulatory matters, practices, and codes with both national and international implications. This involves procedures related to all activities of the other Standing Committees. In its vigilance to avoid duplication of efforts, WBMT members agreed in 2009 that AHCTA would fulfil the role of the WBMT Accreditation Committee.
Meetings & Teleconfereces
The Accreditation Committee meets by videoconference at least quarterly and in person once or twice per year, as international conference attendance permits.
Completed Projects
Crosswalk – comparison of cellular therapy standards
- Donor standards
- Link to crosswalks
- Scope definitions
- Link to crosswalks
- Regulation inspection
- Link to crosswalks
- Quality management standards
- Link to crosswalks
- Cell collection standards
- Link to crosswalks
- Labelling coding
- Link to crosswalks
- Cell processing
- Link to crosswalks
- Practical implementation - Essential elements resource
- Click here
Quality terminology
- Quality terminology:
- Portguese translation
- Quality terminology:
- Spanish translation
Publication
- Training practices of cell processing laboratory staff
- Link
Joint publication with participation from AABB, EBMT, ASFA, ISBT, JACIE and WMDA
- Harmonisation of terminology and processes related to adverse events related to cell therapy administration.
- Link
- WBMT Special Article on Key Elements in Quality and Accreditation in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.
- Link
Webinar: “FACT-JACIE & WBMT: Quality and Accreditation for Cellular Therapy: A Global Perspective
- Find here more information.
- Link
Ongoing Projects
The Accreditation Committee continues to work on the following projects:
- Education effort regarding different cell therapy accreditation pathways existing world wide – to include WMDA, FACT, JACIE, AABB, Cord Blood Banks;
- Education effort in areas which seem to be an obstacle to achieve accreditation e.g. quality programs and different quality programs in different areas of the world; to organise a webinar in conjunction with the Education and Dissemination Committee is in planning stages.
Want to join us?
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