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A needs assessment and instrument comparison for a therapeutic apheresis medicine service
Author(s) -
MorrisonMcKell Travis J.,
Wehrli Gay
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.21223
Subject(s) - medicine , service (business) , pharmacy , apheresis , medical physics , medical education , nursing , immunology , marketing , platelet , business
This article outlines a needs assessment process for developing or updating a therapeutic apheresis medicine (TAM) service. The TAM service brings together administrative, medical, laboratory, and pharmacy services. As these services jointly respond to needs assessment questions, the TAM service evolves. Discussions identifying patient populations impact the types of procedures to be offered and subsequent instrument choices. This article will also review and compare current TAM devices using centrifugation‐based or column‐based methods for treatments. The TAM service is unique in regard to both the multiservice involvement and spectrum of patients served. J. Clin. Apheresis 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.