Apheresis team and job descriptions
Worel, Nina and Kisch, Annika Malmborg LU
(2025)
p.29-36
- Abstract
Globally, thousands of apheresis procedures are performed on a daily basis. Besides, these are relatively short and easy-to-perform preparative procedures in healthy volunteers like plasmapheresis or platelet donation; other procedures like hematopoietic cell donation are more complicated and of longer duration. Therapeutic apheresis is somewhat more challenging, especially in critically ill patients where, in addition to the technical skills of the apheresis staff, the emotional and ethical aspects must also be considered. Therefore, the training of apheresis staff including physicians, nurses, and technicians should cover various areas ranging from a general knowledge of apheresis to the necessary calculation needed to perform safe... (More)
Globally, thousands of apheresis procedures are performed on a daily basis. Besides, these are relatively short and easy-to-perform preparative procedures in healthy volunteers like plasmapheresis or platelet donation; other procedures like hematopoietic cell donation are more complicated and of longer duration. Therapeutic apheresis is somewhat more challenging, especially in critically ill patients where, in addition to the technical skills of the apheresis staff, the emotional and ethical aspects must also be considered. Therefore, the training of apheresis staff including physicians, nurses, and technicians should cover various areas ranging from a general knowledge of apheresis to the necessary calculation needed to perform safe procedures in adults and pediatric patients and donors by understanding the respective equipment used and continuous education and competency. Apheresis facilities are also an integral and critical part in hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation and immune effector cell treatment by providing HPC grafts and starting materials for advanced therapeutic medicinal products. Therefore, different regulatory bodies are providing oversight at various levels. While in most countries, national regulations are in place provided by governmental authorities (e.g., Food and Drug Administration), there are additional regulations that may follow directives from a state union (e.g., EU directives).
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- author
- Worel, Nina
and Kisch, Annika Malmborg
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-02
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Problem Solving in Apheresis Medicine
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Springer Nature
- external identifiers
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- scopus:105004967904
- ISBN
- 9783031740800
- 9783031740817
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-031-74081-7_4
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a8dcad08-66db-47cc-82da-3f9e75b55d83
- date added to LUP
- 2025-08-15 12:51:47
- date last changed
- 2025-08-15 13:16:15
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abstract = {{<p>Globally, thousands of apheresis procedures are performed on a daily basis. Besides, these are relatively short and easy-to-perform preparative procedures in healthy volunteers like plasmapheresis or platelet donation; other procedures like hematopoietic cell donation are more complicated and of longer duration. Therapeutic apheresis is somewhat more challenging, especially in critically ill patients where, in addition to the technical skills of the apheresis staff, the emotional and ethical aspects must also be considered. Therefore, the training of apheresis staff including physicians, nurses, and technicians should cover various areas ranging from a general knowledge of apheresis to the necessary calculation needed to perform safe procedures in adults and pediatric patients and donors by understanding the respective equipment used and continuous education and competency. Apheresis facilities are also an integral and critical part in hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation and immune effector cell treatment by providing HPC grafts and starting materials for advanced therapeutic medicinal products. Therefore, different regulatory bodies are providing oversight at various levels. While in most countries, national regulations are in place provided by governmental authorities (e.g., Food and Drug Administration), there are additional regulations that may follow directives from a state union (e.g., EU directives).</p>}},
author = {{Worel, Nina and Kisch, Annika Malmborg}},
booktitle = {{Problem Solving in Apheresis Medicine}},
isbn = {{9783031740800}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{29--36}},
publisher = {{Springer Nature}},
title = {{Apheresis team and job descriptions}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74081-7_4}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-031-74081-7_4}},
year = {{2025}},
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