Any help with these new questions regarding therapeutic phlebotomies would greatly be appreciated. We are hospital based transfusion service who perform TP's on inpatients and discard the unit. Our Medical Director oversees the program. It seems CAP is now wanting a plan, goals and indications. Do you think a physcian order set would help with this?

I require the ordering MD to provide that information. My favorite goal was a from a GE guy who said, "We're going to suck all the iron out of their bodies."

Edited August 29, 200915 yr by David Saikin
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I believe as long as the physician writes an order and monitor the patient (atleast over 12 month) for effectiveness, we will be OK;.In other word if order is written for one procedure every three week and the goal is to keep Hgb <15...and if you meet your goal by doing three procedure...you are OK..and if you monitor and see if the Hgb is still high and add one more procedure...it will be OK.

I would call CAP ...they are so many questions regarding both TP & TAP questions.