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Specialist Therapeutic Services
Our Specialist Therapeutic Services (STS) are based
across the country in Leeds, Bristol, Oxford, Sheffield,
Liverpool and Manchester.
The specialist nursing and
medical teams have a long history of providing
therapeutic apheresis services to adults and children.
They deliver treatments from units or at the patients'
bedside using machines that exchange, remove, or collect
certain components within the blood.
The most common procedure is Therapeutic Plasma Exchange, a potentially life-saving process that removes diseased plasma from the blood. This is an important treatment for a range of conditions including Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), a rare blood condition that increases platelet consumption. Typically, TTP causes small blood clots to form in the vessels supplying the brain and kidneys.
In 2010/11:
The most common procedure is Therapeutic Plasma Exchange, a potentially life-saving process that removes diseased plasma from the blood. This is an important treatment for a range of conditions including Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), a rare blood condition that increases platelet consumption. Typically, TTP causes small blood clots to form in the vessels supplying the brain and kidneys.
In 2010/11:
- STS completed over 3,600 life-enhancing and life-saving
treatments for patients.
- A new STS unit opened in St James's University Hospital, Leeds, in January. We successfully completed the relocation from Leeds Blood Centre after careful planning so we can provide the best possible service to patients requiring therapeutic apheresis.
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