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Marseilles, France
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 INTERCEPT Platelet System Succeeds in 3-Year French Study INTERCEPT Presentations at the 2010 AABB Meeting France Reports First Autochthonous Cases of Dengue and Chikungunya What We're Reading... |
INTERCEPT Platelet System Succeeds in 3-Year French Study
A large retrospective analysis performed by the Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS) of Alsace, evaluated the transfusion of over 13,000 platelet components treated with INTERCEPT. The study just published in the journal Transfusion, compared hemovigilance data before and after the implementation of pathogen inactivation into routine practice. The use of INTERCEPT treated platelets resulted in a decrease in the incidence of adverse events without impacting either platelet or red blood cell utilization.
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A large retrospective analysis performed by the Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS) of Alsace, evaluated the transfusion of over 13,000 platelet components treated with INTERCEPT. The study just published in the journal Transfusion, compared hemovigilance data before and after the implementation of pathogen inactivation into routine practice. The use of INTERCEPT treated platelets resulted in a decrease in the incidence of adverse events without impacting either platelet or red blood cell utilization.
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INTERCEPT Activities at 2010 AABB Meeting
Cerus Booth: #309
Breakfast Workshop
Saturday, October 9, 18:00 - 19:30 - Baltimore Convention Center, Hall D
France Reports First Autochthonous Cases of Dengue and Chikungunya
Ministry of Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired cases of Dengue and Chikungunya. Meanwhile, German researchers have reported a case of Dengue in a traveller returning from Croatia. The range of the Aedes albopictus mosquito vector has expanded northward into Europe enabling these infections and creating the theoretical possibility of larger outbreaks. Much like last month's report of autochthonous West Nile Virus in Greece, these incidents confirm the emergence of mosquito-borne tropical viruses in Europe.
Read Le Figaro article (French)
Read Eurosurveillance article
Read Chikungunya article
Read Dengue/Croatia case
Cerus Booth: #309
Breakfast Workshop
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Tuesday, October 12 2010, 7:00 - Baltimore Conference Center - Room 337/338
"Making blood safety decisions in the face of uncertainty: Considering the potential role of pathogen inactivation as protection against XMRV and future emerging agents"
Emma Castro, MD (Spanish Red Cross), Louis M. Katz, MD (Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center), William F. Reed, MD (Cerus Corporation)
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Saturday, October 9, 16:30 -16:45 [Session S15-010C]
Components and Component Processing I: "Comprehensive Evaluation of a New Process for S-303 Pathogen-Inactivation of Red Blood Cells"
JA Cancelas, N Rugg, L Dumont, et al.
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Monday, October 11, 14:00 -14:15 [Session S54-030D]
Transfusion Practice/Clinical Case Studies I: "Frequency of Prophylactic Transfusion Failure: A Novel Outcome To Evaluate Platelet Components Stored More Than 5 Days"
M Lozano, F Knutson, R Tardivel, et al.
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Monday, October 11, 14:00 -14:15 [Session A7-030B]
Collections, Management, Finance and General Marketing: "Platelet Pathogen Inactivation Improve Platelet Components Management and Lowering the Production Cost Associated with Expiration"
E Girona-Llobera, A Galmés-Trueba, T Jimenez-Marco, et al.
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Monday, October 11, 16:30 -16:45 [Session S85-030K]
Immune Reactions: "Evaluation of Naturally Occurring Antibodies to Pathogen Inactivated Red Blood Cells"
A North, R Henschler, C Geisen, et al.
Saturday, October 9, 18:00 - 19:30 - Baltimore Convention Center, Hall D
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"Inactivation of XMRV by the INTERCEPT Blood System in Platelet Concentrates" [SP414]
JA Mikovits, K Hagen, C Sadowski, et al.
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"Evaluation of the S-303 Pathogen Inactivation (PI) System with RBC Components Using US and EU Processing Practices" [SP48]
R Henschler, K Janetzko, B Erterek, et al.
France Reports First Autochthonous Cases of Dengue and Chikungunya
Ministry of Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired cases of Dengue and Chikungunya. Meanwhile, German researchers have reported a case of Dengue in a traveller returning from Croatia. The range of the Aedes albopictus mosquito vector has expanded northward into Europe enabling these infections and creating the theoretical possibility of larger outbreaks. Much like last month's report of autochthonous West Nile Virus in Greece, these incidents confirm the emergence of mosquito-borne tropical viruses in Europe.
Read Le Figaro article (French)
Read Eurosurveillance article
Read Chikungunya article
Read Dengue/Croatia case
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Screening of platelets for bacterial contamination at the Welsh Blood Service. Pearce S, Rowe GP, Field SP, Reyes N. Transfus Med. 2010 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] Read Abstract  Use of additive solutions and pathogen inactivation treatment of platelet components in a regional blood center: impact on patient outcomes and component utilization during a 3-year period. Cazenave JP, Isola H, Waller C, Mendel I, Kientz D, Laforêt M, Raidot JP, Kandel G, Wiesel ML, Corash L. Transfusion. 2010 Sep 16 [Epub ahead of print] Read Abstract Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors. Lo SC, Pripuzova N, Li B, Komaroff AL, Hung GC, Wang R, Alter HJ. et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2010 Sep 7 [Epub ahead of print] Read Abstract HCV genotype distribution in Flanders and Brussels (Belgium): unravelling the spread of an uncommon HCV genotype 5a cluster. Verbeeck J, Kwanten L, D'Heygere F, Beguin A, Michiels S, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] Read Abstract Significance of anti-HBc screening of blood donors & its association with occult hepatitis B virus infection: Implications for blood transfusion. Asim M, Ali R, Khan LA, Husain SA, Singla R, Kar P. Indian J Med Res. 2010 Sep;132:312-7. Read Article West Nile Fever Characteristics among Viremic Persons Identified through Blood Donor Screening. Zou S, Foster GX, Dodd RX, Petersen LX, Stramer SX. J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print] Read Abstract |
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