C Coffe, M Benguella, M Domy, D Cottier, F Guignier, J P N'gondara, A Carrère, M Masse, C Naegelen, B Biggio, P Tiberghien, P Hervè, R Bouzgarrou, J P Maurel, G Vezon, M Vidal, F Quainon, A Benamara, B Lamy, J L Beaumont, P Bierling, G Gondrexon, F Schooneman, C Janot, F Villard, J J Huart
The latest generation of cell separators such as Trima (Gambro), Amicus (Baxter) and AS-TEC 204 (Fresenius), allow the collection of leucocyte-reduced platelet concentrates without secondary filtration. Fresenius has recently developed the COMTEC cell separator whose performance has been evaluated by several teams in France. This new cell separator is an improved version of the Fresenius AS-TEC 204 cell separator, designed to allow more efficient platelet collections. This study reports on the experience of six French teams (from Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Creteil, Dijon, Lille and Nancy) who obtained 696 leucocyte-reduced plateletpheresis concentrates in the course of collection using the new Fresenius COMTEC cell separator...
August 2001: Transfusion and Apheresis Science