Sterility testing of blood products in 1994/1995 by three cooperating blood banks in the Netherlands

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-62

  Soeterboek, A M ^a,b   Welle, F H W ^a   Marcelis, J H ^a   Van Der Loop, C M F ^a  

^a Regional Blood Banks Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^b Blood Bank Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; NETHERLANDS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031029210     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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