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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Pall Leukotrap Helps Keep Leukocytes, Prions Out of Donated Blood

Filed under: Pathology

Pall Corporation out of Port Washington, NY has released a new blood filtration system that can screen out leukocytes, as well as prions. The Leukotrap Affinity Plus System already obtained European approval and is meant to be used as a filter for donated blood, that might be contaminated by prions. Prions, of course, are responsible for spongiform encephalopathy, and are difficult to detect since carriers often are not aware of their condition until symptoms arrive.

From the product page:

The filter system captures and reduces target contaminants while allowing the desired components to pass through, even those of equal or larger size.

  • Efficacy - Averaging greater than 3 log prion reduction

  • Efficiency - Leucocyte reduction meeting current EU and UK guidelines

  • Assurancen - Maintains therapeutic benefit of red cells

  • Easy to Use - Self priming filter for ease of use

  • Fast - Rapid filtration

  • High Yield - With unique recovery system

    • Press release: Pall Corporation Launches Next Generation Blood Filter that Simultaneously Reduces Prions and Leukocytes ...

    Product page: Leukotrap Affinity Plus ...

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    Interesting. From what I've heard, these filters are incredibly expensive. The question is how much are we willing to pay for blood services? Is the benefit high enough when simple exclusion of former UK/EU residents so massively reduces the risk already. My personal feeling is that this product will not take off in the U.S. but has great potential in the U.K./E.U.


    Posted by: Tim
    on February 18, 2010 10:31 AM GMT

    I believe the hope is to use these filters to allow all the Americans that are now affected by the UK/EU rejection criteria to donate. This includes a huge number of military members stationed overseas who would now be eligible to donate. If that criteria is kept the same, I agree with Tim that it will not be used.


    Posted by: Shirley
    on February 18, 2010 12:22 PM GMT

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