DKMS Services

Services and Processes provided by DKMS

Family Typing / Family Donation

Our Transplant Center Services (TCS) team offers a range of programs and services to support partners, patients and their family members.
Family Typing / Family Donation
Family Typing Program
We support transplant centers with free typing of immediate family members living in any country where it is difficult to obtain blood samples.
Family Typing / Family Donation
Family Donor Program
We can support if a family donor lives in a different country than the patient and difficulties occur as the family member may not be able to travel to the patient’s country.
Family Typing / Family Donation
Patient Related Typing
For patients with unclear cost reimbursement or during a High-Risk Search, we offer free-of-charge typing in our laboratory.

DKMS Registry Services

Find here our Registry Services and also our Web-Applications Donor Navigator and Hap-E Search.
DKMS Registry Services
Search Support for Transplant Centers
Recruited donors from Chile and India are willing to donate stem cells for unrelated patients who are totally unknown to them, all around the world.
DKMS Registry Services
Registro DKMS en Colombia
El Registro DKMS se compromete a apoyar a los centros de trasplante colombianos en su labor de encontrar el donante de células madre.
DKMS Registry Services
Donor Navigator and Hap-E Search Web-Applications
Donor Navigator® and Hap-E Search are provided free of charge to transplant centers, search centers and registries worldwide.
DKMS Registry Services
EMDIS Connection to DKMS Registry
European Marrow Donor Information System currently unites 43 registries in one single virtual international registry.

Donor Search Process

Find here our Services about the Donor Search Process
Donor Search Process
Preliminary Search Request
Searches can be submitted as a preliminary search request to check whether transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells is appropriate.
Donor Search Process
Typing Request
All new DKMS donors are typed to the highest standards, using high resolution, next-generation sequencing, which also allows parallel analysis.
Donor Search Process
Infectious Disease Marker (IDM) Testing
An infectious disease markers report for a donor can be requested before Confirmatory Typing to determine a single IDM parameter or the entire set of all common IDMs.
Donor Search Process
Confirmatory Typing and Health and Availability Check (HAC) request
Once a donor has been shortlisted, Confirmatory Typing (CT) is the process of determining which donor is the most suitable for the patient.

Workup Services

Please find here an overview of our Workup Services
Workup Services
Workup
Once a donor is confirmed as the best possible match for a patient, a workup (WU) request can be submitted.
Workup Services
Confirmatory Typing and Workup in parallel (CT + WU)
To save time, Confirmatory Typing and workup (CT + WU) requests can be processed in parallel.
Workup Services
Subsequent Donations
If a first transplant is not successful, a subsequent donation from the same donor can be requested.
Workup Services
Mononuclear Cell (MNC) request
A Mononuclear Cell (MNC) collection can be requested for different reasons. Find all information here.
Workup Services
Additional Tubes
You can request additional tubes (small amounts of donor blood samples) for further testing, for example, to see if the donor has virus-specific T-Cells.
Workup Services
Courier Request
Our Workup Case Manager can also arrange the transportation of the product to the transplant center.
Workup Services
Further Requests for Special Cases
One donor for two recipients, patients with HIV, and other special cases.

Follow-up Services

The health and well-being of our donors is our top priority. Our Follow-up and Donor–Patient Contact teams (FU/DPC) are responsible for the post-donation care and follow-up for all our DKMS donors, as well as for any communication between the donor and patient.
Follow-up Services
Donor Exclusion
If a donor decides post donation that he wants to be removed from our database, a FU/DPC Coordinator will inform the transplant center (TC) or registry.
Follow-up Services
Anonymous Contact and Release of Personal Information
Once a donation has been successfully performed, donor and patient can start sending anonymous letters.
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