PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Giovanni Cammarota
AU  - Gianluca Ianiro
AU  - Colleen R Kelly
AU  - Benjamin H Mullish
AU  - Jessica R Allegretti
AU  - Zain Kassam
AU  - Lorenza Putignani
AU  - Monika Fischer
AU  - Josbert J Keller
AU  - Samuel Paul Costello
AU  - Harry Sokol
AU  - Patrizia Kump
AU  - Reetta Satokari
AU  - Stacy A Kahn
AU  - Dina Kao
AU  - Perttu Arkkila
AU  - Ed J Kuijper
AU  - Maria J GT Vehreschild
AU  - Cristina Pintus
AU  - Loris Lopetuso
AU  - Luca Masucci
AU  - Franco Scaldaferri
AU  - E M Terveer
AU  - Max Nieuwdorp
AU  - Antonio López-Sanromán
AU  - Juozas Kupcinskas
AU  - Ailsa Hart
AU  - Herbert Tilg
AU  - Antonio Gasbarrini
TI  - International consensus conference on stool banking for faecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice
AID  - 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319548
DP  - 2019 Dec 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 2111--2121
VI  - 68
IP  - 12
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/68/12/2111.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/68/12/2111.full
SO  - Gut2019 Dec 01; 68
AB  - Although faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has a well-established role in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), its widespread dissemination is limited by several obstacles, including lack of dedicated centres, difficulties with donor recruitment and complexities related to regulation and safety monitoring. Given the considerable burden of CDI on global healthcare systems, FMT should be widely available to most centres.Stool banks may guarantee reliable, timely and equitable access to FMT for patients and a traceable workflow that ensures safety and quality of procedures. In this consensus project, FMT experts from Europe, North America and Australia gathered and released statements on the following issues related to the stool banking: general principles, objectives and organisation of the stool bank; selection and screening of donors; collection, preparation and storage of faeces; services and clients; registries, monitoring of outcomes and ethical issues; and the evolving role of FMT in clinical practice,Consensus on each statement was achieved through a Delphi process and then in a plenary face-to-face meeting. For each key issue, the best available evidence was assessed, with the aim of providing guidance for the development of stool banks in order to promote accessibility to FMT in clinical practice.