The Transfusion Associated Graft Versus Host Disease (TA-GVHD) is a rare transfusion reaction, however fatal, which develops due to the presence of donor T lymphocytes in the donated blood and that can be avoided by the irradiation of the donated blood blood and blood components prior to transfusion. Thus, the associated quality control of blood irradiation is necessary to guarantee the quality of the transfused product. In this work it is proposed the characterization and adaptation of the response of a Fricke dosimeter to be used for dosimetry of blood irradiation, more especiafically the Fricke Xylenol Gel (FXG). This is a radiochromic chemical dosimeter, which presents advantages to be tissue equivalent and allows the spatial absorbed dose inference. In this manner, in a way to possibilitate the absorbed dose inference in the full interval used for the prevention of the TA-GVHD (25 to 50 Gy) the FXG was characterized and adapted for dosimetry applications involving blood and blood components irradiation. The results with the new dosimeter showed adequability for the necessary absorbed doses, with satisfactory sensibility and time fading for routine applications. Furthermore, according to the methodology proposed in this work, it was possible to determine the spatial absorbed dose distributions with the new dosimeter in an fast and simple way, showing that this dosimeter presents convenient characteristics for dosimetry quality control of irradiated the blood and blood components.
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