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The St. Louis Children's Hospital bone marrow/stem cell transplant unit has been in operation since 1991. Since that time our transplant unit has grown from a 2-bed to a 6 -bed unit. Our newly remodeled unit includes a separate conference room for consultations with parents, teaching experiences, and daily rounds for our patients. An important addition has been that each of the patient rooms has an anteroom for additional infection control measures and nursing preparation. We also have a new parent lounge furnished with home amenities for our parents to use. We are centrally located just west of downtown. Families are provided informational materials on restaurants, lodging, and places for recreational activity including nearby Forest Park. Nursing personnel working within our transplant unit are specialty trained in both BMT issues and critical care, with yearly educational review, in order to provide the care these children require. Our transplant patients also benefit from daily physical therapy for mobility, child life services for play therapy and medical play, as well as ongoing parental and patient education and information from the BMT coordinator/PNP who is responsible for the day-to-day care of these patients. When children are referred to our institution for transplantation, the educational, emotional, spiritual, and financial preparation begins. All children and their families initially meet all team members and then begin formal evaluations with each member of the team to ensure that all aspects of this patient's life are addressed. This informational program is individually tailored to the patient and family's needs as assessed by each team member. St. Louis Children's Hospital hematology/oncology program is unique in that we provide a multidisciplinary approach to patient care for our patients. Our BMT unit is fortunate to be part of this program which includes dietary, psychology, child life, school liaison, chaplain, pharmacy, social work, nurse coordinators and nurse practitioners, as well as specialty fellows and attending physicians in every aspect of patient care. Our staff is available for consult for all of our patients 24 hours a day and specifically trained to meet the special needs of our BMT patients. You will find more information about bone marrow transplants if you check the following resources. Also check the Links page of this web site.
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