Apheresis News is pleased to provide the following list of apheresis resources and information. Please visit our apheresis Regulatory, Publications and Associations pages for detailed information specific to those areas.

MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
Medline Plus has paired with Merriam-Webster to produce a searchable medical dictionary.

PubMed
PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine that includes over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

BloodBankTalk Forums
�By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos and access many other special features.�

Transfusion Quality Management Program (TraQ)
The TraQ Program promotes quality improvement among transfusion medicine professionals through timely access to and sharing of education and quality management information related to current practices and guidelines in transfusion medicine.

National Blood Data Resource Center (NBDRC)
The National Blood Data Resource Center (NBDRC) is the premier source of national blood data. The NBDRC conducts surveys of blood services activities in the United States, monitors and forecasts blood supply and demand, and performs commissioned research for the Federal Government and other clients.

Therapeutic Apheresis: A Guide to Billing and Securing Appropriate Reimbursement (2nd Edition, 2006)
This ASFA publication is a comprehensive manual on reimbursement for those who practice in the field of apheresis and those involved in bililng for apheresis procedures. 

AABB Billing and Reimbursement Initiatives
The AABB is committed to seeking enhanced and fair reimbursement for blood products and transfusion services through both education regarding the complexities of blood coding and billing and advocacy to reimbursement policy makers.

Guillain Barre
ITP - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Leukemias
MG - Myasthenia Gravis
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
TTP - Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura