Table 2

Indications for irradiation of blood components for prevention of TA-GVHD

IndicationInstitution
MGHSBK/UHNHSC
Stem cell transplant recipients ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Congenital immunodeficiencies or infants with features suggestive of an undiagnosed immunodeficiency ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Intrauterine transfusion ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Premature, low birth weight ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Term infants (<6 months old old)  ✔ ✔ 
Acute lymphoplastic leukemia ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Other lymphoid malignancies ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Acute myeloid leukemia ✔  ✔ 
Chronic leukemias ✔  ✔ 
Stem cell donors during harvest ✔   
Fludarabine, alemtuzumab, and ATG recipients ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Children on intensive myeloablative chemotherapy regimens ✔  ✔ 
Children with solid tumors or malignant hematologic disease   ✔ 
Children with solid organ transplants   ✔ 
IndicationInstitution
MGHSBK/UHNHSC
Stem cell transplant recipients ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Congenital immunodeficiencies or infants with features suggestive of an undiagnosed immunodeficiency ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Intrauterine transfusion ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Premature, low birth weight ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Term infants (<6 months old old)  ✔ ✔ 
Acute lymphoplastic leukemia ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Other lymphoid malignancies ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Acute myeloid leukemia ✔  ✔ 
Chronic leukemias ✔  ✔ 
Stem cell donors during harvest ✔   
Fludarabine, alemtuzumab, and ATG recipients ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Children on intensive myeloablative chemotherapy regimens ✔  ✔ 
Children with solid tumors or malignant hematologic disease   ✔ 
Children with solid organ transplants   ✔ 

HSC, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; MGH, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; SBK, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada; UHN, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

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