Project of computer-aided management of therapeutical apheresis

The great increase in hemapheresis units activity that occurred during the last years caused the need for a computer-aided management (1, 2). We present a project for a data base system able to manage therapeutical apheresis (3). The program consists of five sections. a) Patient's file card: it allows to record anamnesis, examination and blood test results easily and under computer's guidance. b) Choice of therapeutic protocol: Therapeutic protocol is fixed in this section (device to be used, apheretic method, plasma volume to be processed, blood tests before and after apheresis). c)

It provides procedure's data entry and guides the operator during the treatment on the ground of therapeutical protocol. d) Data processing: It allows statistics on data placed in the data base. e) Registers: It includes both a general register and the possibility of search by disease, device and method.