The role of in process qualification in quality improvement of the haemonetics MCS plus leucodepleted platelet concentrate

Transfusion Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-169

  Seghatchian, Jerard ^a   Beard, Martin ^a   Krailadsiri, Pranee ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemonetics MCS plus; Leucodepletion; Process qualification; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

APHERESIS; AUTOMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELETPHERESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0346048309     PISSN: 09553886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3886(00)00044-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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