Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a global perspective. Preface.

摘要

This report, cosponsored by Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT), Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group (CBMTG), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration, represents an update of the guidelines published in 2000 for preventing infections among hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. An international group of experts in infectious diseases, hematopoietic cell transplantation and public health worked together to compile this document with four goals in mind: (1) to summarize the current available data in the field; (2) to provide evidence-based recommendations regarding the prevention of infectious complications among HCT patients; (3) to serve as a reference for health-care providers worldwide who care for HCT recipients; and (4) to serve as a reference for HCT recipients and their nonmedical caregivers. In updating these guidelines, the committee sought to summarize the currently available data and present them as concisely as possible in an evidence-based manner.