New ultraviolet C light-based method for pathogen inactivation of red blood cell units.
Wiebke HandkeUte GravemannThomas H MüllerFranz Friedrich WagnerTorsten J SchulzeAxel SeltsamPublished in: Transfusion (2022)
As UVC irradiation efficiently reduces the infectivity of relevant bacteria and viruses while maintaining the quality of RBCs, the proposed method offers a new approach for PI of RBC concentrates.