JACIE inspectors are volunteers who are assigned as JACIE inspectors based on the criteria outlined below. Inspectors receive only their expenses and give up their time freely. The JACIE inspection process should be considered as being similar to the peer-review process in learned journals.

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1. Qualifications:

The following are the minimum criteria for an inspector:

• The inspector shall be a member of ISCT, EBMT, or both
• The inspector shall complete and sign an inspector registration form to document that she or he is qualified by training and experience to perform the JACIE on-site inspection
• An inspector of a Clinical Transplant Program shall hold a medical degree and be licenced to practice medicine, and have a minimum of five years of clinical blood and marrow transplant experience
• An inspector of a Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Collection Facility shall hold a medical degree or degree in a relevant science and have five years experience in haematopoietic cell collection procedures, including apheresis; or, shall have five years experience as the nurse or technician supervising the collection of peripheral blood progenitor cells by apheresis
• An inspector of a Cell Processing Laboratory shall hold a medical degree or PhD or a professional degree in biological sciences or medical technology, and have five years experience as a Laboratory Director, Medical Director, or Supervisor of an HPC Laboratory
• Each inspector shall have completed successively a training course for new inspectors, and the ongoing periodic inspector training modules as prepared by JACIE.

2. Training
To promote uniformity and consistency in the process, and fairness to applicant facilities, it is important that inspectors have a common, up-to-date understanding of the principles of the JACIE Standards and of the approach the organisation takes to the inspection and accreditation process. To this end, inspectors shall complete certain specific training courses, ongoing inspector development and self-assessment materials, and the associated post-course exam.

In addition, each inspector shall be provided with current materials of the Accreditation Programme, including a copy of Standards and the Accreditation Manual.

For purposes of education or specific inspector training, technical personnel, interns, residents or other staff physicians may accompany the inspection team if permission for observers to be present has been granted in advance from the Programme Director, Collection Facility Medical Director, or Laboratory Director. Such individuals will not perform independently any of the portions of the inspections.

NOTE: JACIE will only consider applications to be appointed a JACIE Inspector from individuals who have attended an Inspector Training Course and who satisfy the above criteria.

Register as a JACIE Inspector
If you have attended a JACIE Inspector Training Course and you wish to be considered as a JACIE inspector, then you are required to:

• complete and return the Inspector Registration Form
• complete the exam based on the JACIE Standards
• return copies of your licence to practice medicine and relevant medical qualifications and a short version (including experience) of your curriculum vitae.
  

The Inspector Registration Form must be completed and returned to the JACIE Office along with the Exam. The exam is a test of your interpretation of the JACIE standards. It is an open-book exam and may be completed at your convenience using the JACIE Accreditation Manual (current edition).
The exam is divided into 4 sections - Ethics, Clinical, Collection and Processing. While you must complete the first part and any other section(s) of the exam, you will only be considered an inspector if you achieve a pass mark in the area that you have indicated on the Inspector Registration Form and for which you are suitably qualified.

The exam and registration form are available in the Document Centre on this web site. Please return the exam, copies of your relevant qualifications, CV and registration form by post, fax or email to the JACIE Office (see below) clearly indicating your name, and the date and location of the training course attended.
JACIE Accreditation Office
EBMT Secretariat
C/ Rosselló, 140, 1º 1ª
08036 Barcelona
Spain
Tel.: +34 93 453 8711
Fax: +34 934 519 583
email: jacie@ebmt.org
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