Evaluation of the effectiveness of packed red blood cell irradiation by a linear accelerator

Irradiation of blood components with ionizing radiation generated by a specific device is recommended to prevent transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease. However, a lin- ear accelerator can also be used in the absence of such a device, which is the case of the blood bank facility studied her...

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Published in:	Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Main Authors:	Ricardo Aparecido Olivo, Marcus Vinícius da Silva, Fernanda Bernadelli Garcia, Sheila Soares, Virmondes Rodrigues Junior, Helio Moraes-Souza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2015-06-01
Subjects:	Blood safety Hemotherapy service T-lymphocytes
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842015000300153&lng=en&tlng=en