APHERESIS UNIT

Liverpool Hospital Clinical Building 5G (CB5G)

The Apheresis Unit is a Monday to Friday outpatient unit. Apheresis deals with the separation of blood cells and the collection or removal of a component of blood, e.g. Stem Cells, Red Blood, White Blood, Platelets or Plasma are removed. This is to help people with varying Haematological, Neurological, Renal, Respiratory and Dermatological diseases. Examples of treatments and diseases are:

• Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell Collection (Stem Cell Collection) e.g. Multiple Myeloma, Leukaemia, Non Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
• Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) e.g. Multiple Myeloma, Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia, Myasthenia Gravis, Peripheral Neuropathy.
• White Blood Cell (WBC) or Platelet (PLT) Depletion e.g. for Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloproliferative disorders.
• Red Cell Exchange (RBCX) e.g. Sickle Cell and Thalassemia diseases.

The Nursing Unit Manager of CB5G is Aaron Manson.

The nursing staff within Apheresis are specialised and will attend to your care.

As Apheresis is a day unit, you will be taken to the unit from your ward or you will be made an appointment to attend the unit as an outpatient. It is important that you are on time and that you are flexible, as we may need to change your appointment due to the need to treat emergency cases. Your understanding and patience is greatly appreciated. On occasions your procedure may need to be attended after hour.

An assessment by the Apheresis staff will be conducted prior to coming to the unit or on your first appointment to go through the procedure with you as some Apheresis procedures can take several hours.