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Spectra Optia® Apheresis System Continuous Mononuclear Cell Collection (CMNC) Procedure
Spectra Optia Apheresis System

Learning Objectives

After completing this training you will be able to do all of the following regarding a CMNC procedure using the Spectra Optia system:



This course contains eight modules that should be completed in the sequence indicated below for best learning outcomes.

Note: There is audio content in all modules. Be sure to activate your listening device before launching.

Launch instructions: Click on the links below to launch to the corresponding information. When you close a module, you will be returned to this screen.

Module Title (Run Time) Contents
  • Introduction (8:16)
  • IDL Set, Basic Principles, Cell Separation, Automated Interface Management (AIM) System Control, and Collection Preference (CP)

  • Preparing to Perform the Procedure (8:28)
  • Configuration, Channel Loading, Patient Data, Run Values, and Patient Connection

  • Monitoring the Run (7:53)
  • Main Run, Collection Status, Connector, and Collect Line From the Centrifuge

  • Completing the Run (3:15)
  • Run Targets Attained, Sealing the Product Bags, Rinseback and Disconnect, and Procedure Summary

  • Making Changes (8:23)
  • Data Menu, Run Menu, and End Run Menu

  • Optimization (8:54)
  • Optimizing the CP, Product Purity versus Yield, Inlet Pump Flow Rate, Setting the Run Target, Collecting Plasma, and Decreasing the Run Time

  • Troubleshooting (4:01)
  • Accumulation of a Buffy Coat, Contents in Collect Line Look Too Light, Contents in Collect Line Look Too Dark, and Clumping in the Collect Port

  • Pediatrics/Low TBV Patients (8:45)
  • Minimum Data Entry Limits, Anticoagulant (AC) Management, Fluid Balance, and Custom Primes