In ongoing clinical trial, the researchers have observed that mobilized stem cells engraft faster than those in harvested bone marrow so patients recover more quickly. The median time of discharge post-transplant has been reduced from more than 35 days to 13 days. THE BMT UNIT Patients undergoing BMT are cared for on a unit specializing in the treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies. The nursing staff is highly trained in the care of BMT patients and their families. The staff is capable of providing acute and intensive care.
All rooms are private with special air filtering to decrease the risk of infections.
All patient rooms within the Oncology Center are private. This, coupled with the features of the air handling system, provides for admission of isolation patients to all services and to all rooms. The last ACVA survey revealed, by using the U.S. Federal Standard 209B, that patient rooms within the Oncology Center fall into a class superior to that required for operating rooms and hospital critical care areas. The ambulatory BMT care is provided in the IPOP unit that is adjacent to the inpatient beds. There are also 6 pediatric BMT beds with the capacity to expand to an additional 8 beds for patients who are less acutely ill.