Information for clinicians

Haematopoietc Stem Cell Transplant Programme at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

The Anthony Oakhill HSCT Training Fellowship

For more information on the fellowship, please click here.

For the weekly training schedule, please click here.  

Chimerism

New national guidelines on assessment of chimerism have been published in the August 2014 edition of the British Journal of Haematology. These state that chimerism samples need to be tested no later than 72 hours after they have been taken, in order for the lineage specific results to be accurate.

We are therefore asking you to kindly ensure that all chimerism samples (6-10 ml blood in 2-3 EDTA tubes) are sent directly to the Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (H&I) Lab in Bristol, at the following address:

Dr Leigh Keen

H and I Lab

500 North Bristol Park

Filton

Bristol

BS34 7QH

The samples should be sent with an H & I 3C form, available on the following link:

http://hospital.blood.co.uk/media/1870/13d3e38e-0014-4add-a5a3-e88c0b34dd10.pdf

For more information, please see our letter or example chimerism form

NHSBT forms

All NHSBT forms can be found on the link below:

http://hospital.blood.co.uk/diagnostic-services/stem-cells/stem-cell-forms/

Referral form

You can download our referral form here:

Referral form

Contact details

Transplant co-ordination

Co-ordination Office, Level 6

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8BJ

Email: PaedBMTCo-Ord@UHBristol.nhs.uk

Telephone:

Clinical Nurse Specialist: 0117 342 8077, transplant co-ordinator: 0117 342 8507, Fax: 0117 342 8648

Starlight Ward

Level 7

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Paul O'Gorman Building

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8BJ

Telephone: Reception: 0117 342 8151, nurses station: 0117 342 8640 / 8334

Ocean Unit

Level 6

Bristol Royal Hospital for children

Paul O'Gorman Building

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8BJ

Telephone: Reception: 0117 342 8520, nurses station: 0117 342 8145 / 8522

Hospital Switchboard

Telephone: 0117 923 0000

The on call registrar can be contacted out of hours on this number.