National Bone Marrow Registry

Kelsey Cramer

MEET MY AUNT

DONATING BONE MARROW

THE NEED FOR MORE DONORSAccording to the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, Approximately 18,000 people need a transplant yearly. Of those in need only 30% of patient’s siblings are a bone marrow match, 70% of patients in need of a bone marrow transplant have to receive bone marrow from a donor.

Columbia University Medical Center said that 70% of those needing a bone marrow transplant using donor marrow are unable to have one because a suitable bone marrow donor cannot be found.

Research done by Be The Match shows that cells from younger donors lead to more successful transplants. Doctors choose registry members ages 18-44 more than 90% of the time.

BE THE MATCH

BE THE MATCH

STEP 1: MEET BASIC REGISTRY GUIDELINES

STEP 1: CONTINUED..

ACCOUNT SETUP

ACCOUNT SETUP

HEALTH QUESTIONS

HEALTH QUESTION SIGNATURE

HEALTH GUIDELINE CONFIRMATION

BASIC INFORMATION

SPOUSE INFORMATION

RELATIVE INFORMATION

DONOR HISTORY

REQUEST KIT

SWAB KIT

DONOR ID AND KIT INFORMATION

BENEFIT OF BEING A DONOREvery year less than half the people in need

of a bone marrow transplant actually receive one. This is due to the fact that a match was never found.

By joining the registry you could become the next match and help save someone’s life.

GO REGISTER!!

PEACE!!

WORKS CITED"Be The Match: Hope for Patients with Leukemia, Lymphoma,

Blood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease." Be The Match: Hope for Patients with Leukemia, Lymphoma, Blood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease. National Bone Marrow Program, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. <http://marrow.org/HomeOld.aspx>.

"Bone Marrow Transplant." Bone Marrow Transplant Information. BMT Newsletter, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/medicine/bonemarrow/bmtinfo.html>.

"The Need for More Marrow Donors." Bone Marrow And Cord Blood Donation and Transplantation. Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 20 June 2012. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. <http://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/DONOR/Need_for_Donors/index.html>.