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. 2019 Oct 1;59(11):3350–3361. doi: 10.1111/trf.15511

Table 4.

Transfusion reactions reported for PCs and RBCs in patients who received PCs during the C‐PC and PI‐PC transfusion periods, assessed per transfusion

Platelets Red Blood Cells
Conventional platelet period INTERCEPT platelet period OR (95% confidence interval) Conventional platelet period INTERCEPT platelet period OR (95% confidence interval)
Dates (01/02/2006‐01/09/2011) (01/10/2011‐1/17/2016) (01/02/2006‐01/09/2011) (01/10/2011‐1/17/2016)
Number of transfusions 14,181 22,579 23,018 30,382
Total reactions 128 (0.90%) 361 (1.60%) 1.78 (1.46‐2.18) 68 (0.30%) 276 (0.91%) 3.10 (2.37‐4.03)
Febrile nonhemolytic 54 (0.38%) 304 (1.35%) 3.57 (2.67‐4.77) 44 (0.19%) 254 (0.84%) 4.40 (3.20‐6.06)
Anaphylactic 8 (0.06%) 4 (0.02%) NS 1 (<0.01%) 3 (0.01%) NS
Mild allergic 61 (0.43%) 50 (0.22%) 0.55 (0.35‐0.74) 11 (0.05%) 16 (0.05%) NS
TACO 1 (0.01%) 2 (0.01%) NS 5 (0.02%) 2 (0.01%) NS
TRALI 1 (0.01%) 1 (0.01%) NS 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) NS
Septic 3 (0.02%) 0 (0.0%) NS 2 (0.01%) 0 (0.0%) NS
Acute hemolytic 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) NS 5 (0.02%) 1 (0.01%) NS

NS = not significant; TACO = transfusion‐associated circulatory overload; TRALI = transfusion‐related acute lung injury.