About RITN℠

The Radiation Injury Treatment Network^SM (RITN) is a national network of medical centers with expertise in the management of bone marrow failure and works with partners from other medical specialties to assist with managing acute radiation syndrome and its health-related consequences.

Since its formal inception in 2006, RITN has developed treatment guidelines and standard operating procedures for centers involved in the response to large-scale radiologic incidents, solidified partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organizations and conducted annual exercises.

RITN is a cooperative effort of the NMDP® (Opens in a new tab) and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) (Opens in a new tab).

RITN aims to:

• Accept casualties from a distant incident
• Accept patient transfers to their institutions
• Provide supportive care for casualties with marrow toxic injuries
• Provide treatment expertise to practitioners caring for casualties at other locations
• Collect data on casualties treated at their treatment facilities
• Facilitate bone marrow transplantation for the small percentage of casualties who require hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

It's important to note that RITN hospitals are not first responders nor are they decontamination facilities.

• Marrow transplantation
• Marrow toxic injury triage, evaluation and treatment
• Marrow typing of related and volunteer donors
• Medical outcomes data collection: Marrow Toxic Injury Consent Forms (Opens in a new tab) & Research Sample Repository (Opens in a new tab)