Re: Dose for Blood Irradiation

[Joe Hellman <jhellman@humboldt1.com>]

I have the information in my office, but the latest info from my Blood Bank
is they want an absolute minimum dose of 1500 cGy, but prefer 2000 - 2500
cGy for blood from a Cesium irradiator due to the very large uniformity
variations.  Since we use a linac, this is easy to deliver.  Please feel
free to contact me for more info.

At 10:33 AM 2/9/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I would like information about the range of dose normally given blood 
>at blood banks. 
>Specifically, what varriance is acceptable when 2550 Rads (Rads +/- ?) 
>are given to bags of blood in a Cs-137 irradiator to "inactivate" 
>lymphocytes.
>
>Any information would be appreciated.
>
>Tom Hasselbacher
>hasselbacher@worldnet.att.net
>
>
Joe Hellman
Eureka, CA
jhellman@humboldt1.com
(707) 444-9341