Retrospective comparison between COBE SPECTRA and SPECTRA OPTIA apheresis systems for hematopoietic progenitor cells collection for autologous and allogeneic transplantation in a single center

• Published in: Journal of clinical apheresis Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 453 - 459
• Main Authors: López‐Pereira, Patricia, Sola Aparicio, Elena, Vicuña Andrés, Isabel, Cámara Montejano, Carmen, Muñoz Calleja, Cecilia, Alegre Amor, Adrián, Aguado Bueno, Beatriz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Apheresis; Blood; collection eficiency; Medical equipment; Medical procedures; progenitor cells; progenitor cells; collection eficiency; apheresis

Introduction COBE SPECTRA [COBE] (Terumo, BCT Lakewood CO) apheresis system has been the most used device for hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) collection. Recently, it has been replaced by the SPECTRA OPTIA [OPTIA] (Terumo, BCT Lakewood CO) apheresis system. The aim of our study is to compare bo...