Bone Marrow Donation Assessment

Haematopoietic stem cell donor evaluation assessing HLA typing, health screening, anaesthetic fitness, and collection method suitability (peripheral blood stem cells vs. bone marrow harvest).

Scoring

Instrument: Donor Eligibility Classification with HLA Match Grading.

• Eligibility: Suitable / Conditionally suitable / Unsuitable.
• Risk level: Low (ideal match, healthy, no comorbidities), Moderate (minor issues, manageable conditions), High (partial match, borderline fitness, significant comorbidities), Critical (contraindicated, serious health risks, poor match).

What it covers

Demographics; donor registration and HLA typing; medical history; physical examination; haematological assessment; infectious disease screening; anaesthetic assessment; collection method assessment; psychological readiness; and consent with eligibility decision.

Common pitfalls

• Skipping psychological readiness — donation (particularly bone marrow harvest under anaesthesia) is a real physical undertaking; assessing willingness and understanding matters alongside physical eligibility.
• Treating a partial HLA match as automatically disqualifying — match quality is one factor among several; the eligibility classification weighs it against overall donor health and the clinical urgency of the recipient's need.
• Not distinguishing collection methods early — peripheral blood stem cell donation and bone marrow harvest have different anaesthetic and physical-fitness requirements; the assessment should clarify which method applies before finalizing fitness criteria.

Learn more

• FormExamples: bone-marrow-donation-assessment for the full implementation, clinical references, and worked examples.
• Blood Donation Assessment, Organ Donation Assessment for related donation-eligibility assessments.