The new WAA apheresis registry

The WAA (World Apheresis Association) registry for apheresis has been developed to enable registration through internet by centers all around the world. It is of no charge for the registering centers. The new version is available at the site www.iml.umu.se/medicin. Until now more than 5700 treatments have been registered from centers in 6 countries. It allows registration of acute or chronic therapeutic apheresis and also collection of stem cells, cellapheresis, photopheresis and various adsorption technologies. Registration includes diagnoses, access, anticoagulation, replacement fluids, mode of treatment, volumes processed, techniques used and adverse events that develop. Analyses of data enables improvement of quality of apheresis. The new registry enables you to change data that were wrongly entered as well as add data that was missed when you firstly entered the file. We cordially invite all of you to join the registration procedure. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.