QUALITY CONTROL ASSAY TO MONITOR THE COMPLETENESS OF PATHOGEN OR TARGETED CELL INACTIVATION TREATMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL, FOODSTUFF, DRINKS AND COSMETICS PRODUCTS

摘要

This invention refers to new methods for measuring the completeness of pathogen and targeted cell inactivation treatments such as photo-, photochemical, chemical or irradiation-based treatments in biological, foodstuff, drinks and cosmetic products, and in particular, new methods for measuring the completeness of pathogen and targeted cell inactivation techniques in blood and blood derived products for a use as quality control assay. New methods include, but are not limited to comparing the measured antioxidant power with the threshold antioxidant value that has to be defined for this specific sample and below which the product is considered as correctly treated or comparing the antioxidant power before and after treatment because their established difference accounts for an effective treatment.