Evaluation of bacterial inactivation in random donor platelets and single-donor apheresis platelets by the INTERCEPT blood system

Conclusion: The INTERCEPT system has been shown to be very effective in our study for bacterial inactivation. Implementation of INTERCEPT may be used as a mitigation against any potential bacterial contamination in platelet components.

Source: Asian Journal of Transfusion Science - December 19, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Raj Nath Makroo Raman Sardana Leena Mediratta Hena Butta Uday Kumar Thakur Soma Agrawal Mohit Chowdhry Satendra Kumar Sourit Chokroborty Source Type: research