INTERCEPT is not approved for sale in the US and certain other countries.

Extended platelet storage to 7 days; especially useful in long weekends and vacations
Replaced gamma irradiation
Eliminated bacterial detection
Reduced the residual risk after viral screening

Collection Platform:
Trima, Amicus

Platelet Suspension Medium:
InterSol (Fenwal)

INTERCEPT Disposable Set:
INT2104B

Separation Platform
(5 buffy coat pools):
Manual - Compomat G4
(with T&B Bags)
Automated - Orbisac

Platelet Suspension Medium:
PAS - InterSol (Fenwal)

INTERCEPT Disposable Set:
INT2204B

Customer Profile: Centro de Transfusión de Galicia, Spain

Date of INTERCEPT Implementation
2008: Apheresis & Buffy Coat Platelets

Annual Collections
• 110,000 whole blood donations
• 8,000 apheresis platelet procedures

Annual INTERCEPT Production
• 15,000 units of platelet concentrates
- 7500 Apheresis
- 7500 Buffy Coat

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Production Profile

The Transfusion Center of Galicia (CTG), a Public Foundation, began its operations in August 1993. Located on the campus of Santiago, it provides blood components 24/7 to all health facilities in the autonomous region.

Every day, 10 mobile units travel to Galician municipalities to meet people who wish to make a donation. Once collected in the mobile units and in local hospitals, the donations are sent to the CTG for processing, analysis and storage. At the fixed points of collection located in the hospitals, one of the most important processes performed is apheresis. Every day 35 community hospitals, both private and public, request blood components to enable them to conduct their daily work schedule and to deal with emergencies. The decision of the Department of Health to centralize the transfusion of blood components in a single, centralized processing and distribution center, has ensured that the patients in the community receive blood components with consistent quality, based on the most stringent safety criteria for transfusion. In 1998, the CTG received ISO 9002:1998 certification, which was revalidated until today (ISO 9001:2008). It also received European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) and other national certifications.

A Streamlined Workflow

Lausanne Workflow

Table 1: CTG QC Results for INTERCEPT Platelets - Apheresis

Parameter	INTERCEPT Platelets (Average ± SD)	N
Volume (mL)	277.32 ± 12.13	330
Platelet count (x10¹¹ plt/unit)	2.96 ± 0.37	330
pH (Day 7)	6.92 ± 0.13	65

Table 2: CTG QC Results for INTERCEPT Platelets - Buffy Coat

Parameter	INTERCEPT Platelets (Average ± SD)	N
Volume (mL)	334 ± 19.53	905
Platelet count (x10¹¹ plt/unit)	3.45 ± 0.41	905
pH (Day 7)	7.05 ± 0.12	65

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