Registration is a simple 3 stage process:
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You
fill out a registration form / medical questionnaire.
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You
will be counselled about the donation procedures and if you are ever
found to be a matched donor what your preparation would be. This is
followed by a Q & A's session.
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A small
blood sample (about 4mls) is taken. This is later tested to
determine your bone marrow tissue type and these details with
your name and location will be added on to a database of
potential donors for patients awaiting matches around the world.
On completion you will be given various bits of information
and contact details from The Anthony Nolan Trust, just in case you need to speak
in the future about anything.
Click here for full medical
criteria from The Anthony Nolan Trust.
Click here
to go straight to the Registration Clinics page for dates of upcoming
clinics.
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REGISTERING BY POST
Obtain an
information pack from The Anthony Nolan Trust (ANT).
Read the information leaflet carefully
to ensure that you understand what bone marrow/blood
stem cell donation could involve and whether you consider you could go
forward with such an undertaking. If you do wish to proceed, please fill
in the application form and return it to
The ANT.
You will be sent a blood testing kit which you can take to your local
GP, health clinic or hospital where a small sample of your blood will be
taken - about 4ml. On no account try to take the sample yourself.
The blood sample can be posted to the ANT laboratories, using the
reply-paid packaging provided. The sample will be tested to establish
your tissue type and the results are stored on the ANT database which is
confidential.
As
a new member of the Register you will receive postal confirmation of
your status as a potential life saver a few weeks after having provided
your sample.
You may be found to be a match for a patient almost immediately; other
people wait many years before being asked to donate - and some never
are.
Click here to obtain more
information from the
The Anthony Nolan Trust.
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FOR BLOOD DONORS
If
you are a blood donor, or intend to become one, then you can register
with the National Blood Service the next time you go to give blood.
Please mention to the nurse when you arrive at the donor session that
you want to join the bone marrow register. An additional blood
sample will then have to be taken for that purpose.
Click here to find out more
about registration with the National Blood Service.
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AROUND THE WORLD
The above information applies
in the UK. For other registers and other countries please see the
Worldwide
pages.
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