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. 2021 Jan 22;100(3):e23935. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023935

Table 3.

Answers refer to IVIG treatment policy and criteria.

Question Answers N (%)
How many hematology patients in your hospital do you estimate are currently receiving prophylactic immunoglobulin for secondary hypogammaglobulinemia? 0–20 40 (83.33)
21–50 7 (14.58)
51–100 1 (2.08)
>100 0 (0)
Does your hospital have a policy for the use of immunoglobulin replacement in hematological malignancies? Yes 13 (27.08)
No 26 (54.17)
I don’t know 7 (14.58)
Other 2 (4.17)
At your hospital, do you have to apply to any of the following to access Ig replacement? Hospital or medical insurance 25 (52.08)
Department of pharmacy 9 (18.75)
Blood Service clinician 2 (4.17)
Multidisciplinary or departmental meeting 4 (8.33)
None of the above 11 (22.92)
I don’t know 7 (14.58)
Other 5 (10.42)
Which formal criteria do you use to select patients for prophylactic Ig replacement? No specific criteria 40 (83.33)
Other 8 (16.67)