Abstract
In Indonesia, an increasing number of apheresis procedures are performed. Single donor platelets are collected at six Blood Transfusion Services and five hospitals. Also therapeutic apheresis procedures are performed in all of these hospitals. In the last 3 years, in Indonesia in total 448 therapeutic apheresis procedures (TPE, leukoand platelet reduction, and PBSC collection) were performed of which 146 (32.5%) in the Dharmais Cancer Hospital. More hospitals in East Java planned to start a therapeutic apheresis service and asked for education of physicians and nurses. Therefore, a 1 week educational program to increase the knowledge, skills and capability of apheresis nurses to perform therapeutic apheresis procedures was developed and organised (August 2010) at the Dharmais Hospital in Jakarta.
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