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apheresis
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apheresis (əfĕr`əsĭs), or hemapheresis (hē'məfĕr`əsĭs), any procedure in which blood blood, fluid pumped by the heart that circulates throughout the body via the arteries, veins, and capillaries (see circulatory system; heart). An adult male of average size normally has about 6 quarts (5.6 liters) of blood.
..... Click the link for more information.  is drawn from a donor or patient and a component (platelets, plasma plasma, in physics, fully ionized gas of low density, containing approximately equal numbers of positive and negative ions (see electron and ion). It is electrically conductive and is affected by magnetic fields.
..... Click the link for more information. , or white blood cells) is separated out, the remaining blood components being returned to the body. Apheresis allows the donor's blood volume to replenish itself much more quickly than whole blood donation. One type of apheresis, plasmapheresis, is commonly used in commercial blood banks. In plasmapheresis the plasma (the liquid portion of the blood) is separated from donated blood, the red blood cells being returned to the donor. In some diseases, such as myasthenia gravis myasthenia gravis , chronic disorder of the muscles characterized by weakness and a tendency to tire easily. It is caused by an autoimmune attack on the acetylcholine receptor of the post synaptic neuromuscular junction.
..... Click the link for more information. , plasmapheresis is used to attempt to remove the disease-causing substances from the blood.
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Papers are from lectures and symposia from the Joint Congress 2008 of the German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology and the Interdisciplinary European Society for Hemapheresis and Hemotherapy, in cooperation with the Societe Francaise de Transfusion Sanguine, held in September 2008.
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Gay Bailey, RN, MBA, OCN[R] Treasurer, ONS Board of Directors Director of Nursing, Ambulatory Services Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, NY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hometown: Plymouth, England Years in oncology nursing: About 20 How I got into oncology nursing: I was the director of hemapheresis at the American Red Cross, and we provided singledonor platelets and white cells for patients with cancer.
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Also noted were a failure to: maintain detailed and accurate records, including lack of vital signs recorded on flow sheets; failure to maintain equipment quality control, including failure to calibrate thermometers; and failure to follow written SOPs in the instance of incomplete hemapheresis flowsheets and "SDRs.
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