Rule 3701-22-36. Facilities/safety standards - bone marrow transplantation service

119.03 (A) The hospital at which the blood and bone marrow transplant service is located will provide all of the following on site: (1) A designated blood and bone marrow transplant unit with a sufficient number of beds to meet the needs of the transplant service; (2) Active departments or sections in hematology/oncology, immunology and infectious diseases; (3) Laboratories; (4) Adequate intensive care facilities; (5) Protective reverse isolation rooms with appropriate air handling characteristics (i.e., hepa-filtered positive pressure patient rooms); (6) Radiologic services including, but not limited to, tomography, computed tomography (CT) scans and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans; (7) Radionuclide scans and ultrasonography; (8) Immunopathology and hepatopathology; (9) Histopathology; (10) Microbiology laboratory; (11) Blood banking services capable of routinely providing irradiated blood products appropriate for cytomegalovirus (CMV) seronegative patients; (12) Clinical pharmacology services with a pharmacist familiar with antineoplastic agents; (13) Modern radiotherapy capabilities including the ability to provide total body irradiation either on-site or through agreement or contract with another hospital; (14) Operating room facilities; and (15) Echocardiography or multigated blood-pool imaging (MUGA) scan capability. (B) Each blood and bone marrow transplant service will have the following readily available: (1) Tissue-typing laboratory; (2) Apheresis capability with adequate blood cell component therapy and routine access to a blood irradiator; and (3) Facilities to cryopreserve hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation and which additionally may be used to manipulate hematopoietic stem cells ex-vivo. Last updated September 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM Supplemental Information Authorized By: 3722.06 Amplifies: 3722.06 8/31/2030