The Bone Marrow Transplant UnitLink to Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Christchurch Hospital
The Bone Marrow Unit is a 15 bed, purpose built unit. The unit has 9 single isolation rooms. All these rooms have ensuites, televisions, videos, DVD, Sky TV, telephones, radios and CD players to help make the patients stay in isolation a little easier to cope with. There is also a Big Softie chair in each room. The isolation rooms have a lovely outlook onto the river. Each room has one-way glass, which enables patients to see the lovely view, and people passing by cannot see in. Each isolation room is off an airlock to prevent cross infection and has special air filtration. The unit also has a four-bed room with a solarium attached. The solarium has a view of the river, Big Softie chairs and a television. The Unit also has a two-bed room. The four and two-bed rooms are not isolation rooms. All visitors must wash their hands before entering the unit and gown up before entering the isolation rooms. Persons with flu or cold symptoms are not permitted to enter the Unit. Fresh flowers are not permitted in the Unit because of infection.
The Unit has a family room which enables members of the family to have time out and if necessary a shower. There is also a fridge and stove, enabling family members to cook if necessary.
There is a Day Ward attached to the Unit, which serves the outpatients. Approximately 2400 patients go through the Day Ward each year. The Day Ward has seven Big Softie Chairs for patients to use while having treatment. Some of the treatment can take up to 6 – 7 hours so it is really important to have comfortable chairs. A television and stereo are provided.
The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Ranui House have been visited by World renowned transplant physicians, including Professor E Donnall Thomas who received a Noble Prize for his work in developing bone marrow transplantation. Without exception they have declared the transplant and accommodation facilities to be of the highest standard in comparison to similar facilities around the World. The Trust is proud of its achievements to date and will continue to actively support patients in need of this treatment from all areas of the South Island of New Zealand.
A Winning Multi Disciplinary Team
The Transplant Unit is a technologically advanced facility, which has been specially designed to protect immune suppressed patients from the increased risk of infection during their treatment.
The multi disciplinary team of Physicians, Paediatric Specialists, Nurses and others is supported by a top quality diagnostic laboratory and research programme. The team is capable of applying the latest advances in medical technology to clinical practice.
The Unit has pioneered the development of Bone Marrow Transplantation in New Zealand. Since the unit was established 500 bone marrow transplants have been performed on both children and adults with the Unit currently performing 40-50 transplants per year. The average age of the transplant patients is 35, ranging from 1-65 years.
The Unit contributes to international clinical trials and its results are open to scrutiny and are reported to the International, Australasian and European Bone Marrow Transplant Registries.
In addition to transplant procedures, each year the unit undertakes chemotherapy and other treatments for 750 in-patients and 6000 out-patients who have a variety of haematological disorders.
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Non Isolation Room
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