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Retrospective analysis shows neutropenic patients may benefit from granulocyte transfusions, indicating potential assistance in infection clearance.
Background: In severely neutropenic patients with severe infections, granulocyte transfusions may be of assistance in infection clearance. Lifeblood’s Melbourne Processing Centre (MPC) supplies whole blood-derived buffy-coat granulocytes, a component not licensed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, for Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian patients on a case-by-case basis.
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