Evaluation of swirling, pH, and glucose tests for the detection of bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates

Transfusion

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 989-993

  Wagner, S J ^a   Robinette, D ^a,b  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Jerome H Holland Lab Biomed Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; RIBOSOME RNA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; PH MEASUREMENT; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029807565     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36111297091744.x     Document Type: Article

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