Spec Cert (SCTS) - What can I expect to learn?

Topics covered by this programme include:

• The different types and uses of stem cell transplantation in malignant and non-malignant conditions. 
  

• How different stem cell products including cord blood are collected for therapeutic use, stem cell mobilisation.
  

• The benefits and complications of stem cell transplantation.
  

• Donor selection including tissue typing for allogeneic transplantation, how they are matched to patients.
  

• The function and characteristics of different types of stem cells including embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stromal cells.
  

• The testing of donors and stem cell products, different techniques for analysing the composition and quality of the products.
  

• Cleanroom practice and the use of aseptic techniques, the design and standards of cleanrooms.
  

• The regulation and licensing requirements in stem cell banking.
  

• The different processing techniques available for stem cells for transplantation, how they work, when they are used.
  

• The cryopreservation of stem cell products and the requirements for cryogenic facilities, how cryopreservation works, the transportation and storage of frozen products.
  

• The transfusion requirements for transplant patients, which blood components to use, what are the indications and complications. 

Course Curriculum

SCTS Course Curriculum

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