Projeto de irradiação de hemocomponentes por acelerador linear no Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (HC-UFU/EBSERH)

Abstract

With the implementation of autologous bone marrow transplantation at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia, the need for blood derivatives to complement these treatments increased significantly. Initially, these blood derivatives were provided by the Blood Center of Belo Horizonte, and, as regulations dictate, they were already irradiated. Due to the distance between Uberlândia and the state capital, and the logistical difficulties of the process, which sometimes required air transportation, it became necessary to transport this material to be irradiated at the Medical School of Uberaba, expediting its arrival in Uberlândia. With the significant increase in demand for these irradiated components, there began to be a great difficulty in adjusting the necessary logistics to meet this growing demand. Continuously transporting this material to Uberaba with scheduled return was significantly impacting the efficiency of the treatments, which require an ideal time for their use. Therefore, an agreement was reached between the Uberlândia Blood Center and the radiotherapy department of the Cancer Hospital to begin irradiating these blood derivatives in the municipality itself. This research aims to show the implementation of blood derivative irradiation at the Federal University of Uberlândia and has presented satisfactory results.