Irradiation documentation

[Jina]

Hello BB friends, 

Does anyone document duration of entire irradiation process from the time unit out of storage area to return to storage? CAP checklist require to document duration of procedure, i interpret that as duration of irradiation cycle. 

Does any facility monitor temperature of the blood during component prep? 

[donellda]

We did not. Units were kept refrigerated until they were ready to into the irradiator. We documented the time that the unit went into the irradiator and the time it came out. Electronic component prep was done immediately. If this was not possible, the units were placed back in the fridge until it could be done. I don't know what is the current checklist because I retire a year and a half ago.