Chapter 3 – Illuminator Description
Section 3.5 – Illumination Door and Drawer
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One blood product and processing set fits in the front chamber,
chamber 1. The blood product in the illumination container goes
on the left side of the chamber, with the rest of the set on the right
side of the chamber.
A second blood product and set fits into the rear chamber,
chamber 2. The illumination container goes on the left; the set goes
on the right.
Under normal circumstances, if you are illuminating only one blood
product, you must place it in the front chamber. If, however, the
front chamber has malfunctioned and cannot be used, then you
may illuminate one blood product in the rear chamber.
When you scan the INTERCEPT set codes on one of the final storage
containers into the illuminator, the illuminator determines the dose
of light to be given. The dosages and approximate treatment times
are:
Dosage Treatment Time
• Large volume platelet set 3.5 – 4.3 J/cm
2
4 – 6 minutes
• Small volume platelet set 3.2 – 4.0 J/cm
2
4 – 6 minutes
• Plasma set 5.8 – 7.0 J/cm
2
6 – 8 minutes
The treatment dosage may be reported with two decimal places.
If two different types of blood products are present, the illuminator
will not begin treatment.
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