Ambulatory Care - Apheresis Unit

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Ambulatory Care - Apheresis Unit - Peter Mac Cancer Centre

Apheresis Unit: The Ian Cooper Cell Separator Unit Acting Nurse Unit Manager: James Badman About Our Unit:

The apheresis unit provides blood cell therapies in the form of donor and therapeutic apheresis services to inpatient and also the outpatient population. The types of procedures that we do include Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell (HPC-A) collections, therapeutic plasma exchange, photopheresis and red cell reductions. Working in direct partnership with the Haemaology Service to provide coordinated care, the apheresis nursing staff optimise care delivery by offering support to patients prior to the commencement of their apheresis treatment, and liaise with the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient care. The apheresis service accommodates outpatients for blood component therapies, encompassing patients from a variety of tumour streams. The apheresis unit is part of the Centre of Blood Cell Therapies unit, and participates in quality activities to maintain compliance to the Therapeutic Goods Authority – Code of Good Manufacturing – Human Blood and Tissues. The operational hours of the apheresis unit are Monday to Friday, 8am to 4.30pm, with an on call service to meet clinical requirements. The apheresis unit is located on Lower Level One of the Smorgan Family Building, and can be contacted on 03 96561219.

Clinician Information:

Patient referrals and donor product support requests are made directly to the nursing staff of the Apheresis Service. Referral form MR/56

Staffing Profile:

The apheresis unit is staffed by skilled and specialised nurses who work within a multidisciplinary team of health professions including specialist medical and allied health staff. The unit offers specialised training to meet the individual staff requirements to maintain best practice techniques.

Support for Staff: we encourage and support ongoing professional development through:

Support and training to meet quality system requirements Support and training for apheresis related learning modules and assessments Access to the Department of Nursing Education courses Access to a Certificate in Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing conducted by Peter Mac with credit to postgraduate diploma through the University of Melbourne Tandem on call occasions whilst training.