Apheresis Appreciation Day, 2020

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  1. 3. Creates G-Force
  2. 4. Stem cells are collected from the patient themselves, harvested, frozen and stored, then infused back into the patient after intensive therapy.
  3. 6. Methoxsalen Sterile Solution
  4. 8. These cells consist of lymphocytes (T cells, B cells, NK cells) and monocytes, whereas erythrocytes and platelets have no nuclei, and granulocytes (neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils) have multi-lobed nuclei.
  5. 10. Signs of a ____________ reaction include: numbness or tingling, especially in the lips, fingers, and toes. Feeling vibrations throughout the body. experiencing a metallic taste.
  6. 11. A form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is treated with a photosensitizing agent and subsequently irradiated with specified wavelengths of light to achieve an effect.
  7. 13. Reflects the sun's rays from the skin, blocking the rays from penetrating the skin.
  8. 14. The most common type of cutaneous lymphoma, and typically presents with red, scaly patches or plaques on the skin.
  9. 15. A solution used to prevent platelet activation and coagulation as blood moves throughout the extracorporeal unit (tubing set) in an apheresis procedure.
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  1. 1. matched Related Donor
  2. 2. The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation.
  3. 3. a fine control of the depth at which cells are collected from within the buffy coat layer.
  4. 5. This procedure may be performed to decrease a very high white blood cell count, to obtain blood cells from a patient or donor for later transplant into the patient, or to obtain cells for research purposes.
  5. 7. A cell isolated from the blood or bone marrow that can renew itself, can differentiate to a variety of specialized cells, can mobilize out of the bone marrow into circulating blood, and can undergo programmed cell death, called apoptosis.
  6. 9. Graft vs. Host Disease
  7. 12. Donated stem cells come from either a related or an unrelated donor.
  8. 16. Spectra Optia system's automated interface management