Oral cavity care in patients after high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation: The East Forum EBMT Nurses Group standard of care

摘要

The East Forum EBMT Nurses Group (NG) consists of nurses and other healthcare professionals from Central and East Europe transplant centres in the EBMT Outreach countries. Recently, 23 transplant centres from 9 countries have cooperated. The Forum activities are in concordance with those of the EBMT-NG: to improve and promote quality and further development of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation nursing.Oral mucositis (OM) remains a significant medical and nursing problem in the high-dose chemotherapy and haematopoietic SCT setting. Recently, several evidence-based recommendations and guidelines on OM prophylaxis and care have been presented; for example, the MASCC