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- Title
Whole blood treated with riboflavin and ultraviolet light: quality assessment of all blood components produced by the buffy coat method.
- Authors
Schubert, Peter; Culibrk, Brankica; Karwal, Simrath; Serrano, Katherine; Levin, Elena; Bu, Daniel; Bhakta, Varsha; Sheffield, William P.; Goodrich, Raymond P.; Devine, Dana V.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Pathogen inactivation (PI) technologies are currently licensed for use with platelet (PLT) and plasma components. Treatment of whole blood (WB) would be of benefit to the blood banking community by saving time and costs compared to individual component treatment. However, no paired, pool-and-split study directly assessing the impact of WB PI on the subsequently produced components has yet been reported.<bold>Study Design and Methods: </bold>In a "pool-and-split" study, WB either was treated with riboflavin and ultraviolet (UV) light or was kept untreated as control. The buffy coat (BC) method produced plasma, PLT, and red blood cell (RBC) components. PLT units arising from the untreated WB study arm were treated with riboflavin and UV light on day of production and compared to PLT concentrates (PCs) produced from the treated WB units. A panel of common in vitro variables for the three types of components was used to monitor quality throughout their respective storage periods.<bold>Results: </bold>PCs derived from the WB PI treatment were of significantly better quality than treated PLT components for most variables. RBCs produced from the WB treatment deteriorated earlier during storage than untreated units. Plasma components showed a 3% to 44% loss in activity for several clotting factors.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Treatment of WB with riboflavin and UV before production of components by the BC method shows a negative impact on all three blood components. PLT units produced from PI-treated WB exhibited less damage compared to PLT component treatment.
- Subjects
BLOOD products; VITAMIN B2; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of ultraviolet radiation; BUFFY coat; BLOOD coagulation factors; FROZEN blood; BLOOD sugar analysis; ERYTHROCYTES; ADENOSINE triphosphate; BLOOD; BLOOD testing; BLOOD collection; BLOOD cells; BLOOD plasma; BLOOD platelets; BLOODBORNE infections; CELL membranes; CRYOPRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc.; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; CELL size; PLATELET count; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Transfusion, 2015, Vol 55, Issue 4, p815
- ISSN
0041-1132
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/trf.12895