Manufacturing - Plasma
Collection &
Safety/Processing/Manufacturing
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What is plasma? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔* Starting material for purification of
protein
, components and factors
* Contains mostly water (91.5%) and proteins (7%)
How is plasma used in manufacturing Ig? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔* Plasma is
donated from thousands to tens of thousands of donors and used to make
each batch (lot) of Ig product
* Higher number of donors ensures more types of Ig will be present
What is the Risk of thousands of donors in manufacturing Ig? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔* Entire batch (Lot) may need to be destroyed if a
single donation is recalled
What were the earlier methods for Extracting proteins from plasma? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Cohen Process
* Initially used to extract albumin & fibrinogen to be
used on the battlefield
* Obtained FRACTIONATION by utilizing ethanol,