BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF CELLULAR BLOOD COMPONENTS

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 67, Issue , 1994, Pages 25-33

  BLAJCHMAN, MORRIS A ^a   ALI, ANITA M ^a   RICHARDSON, HAROLD L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MONITORING; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODLETTING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; HAIR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 0027956240     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1994.tb04540.x     Document Type: Article

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