Bacterial contamination of blood components

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-60

  Engelfriet, C P ^a   Reesink, H W ^a   Blajchman, M A ^a   Muylle, L ^a   Kjeldsen Kragh, J ^a   Kekomaki R ^a   Yomtovian, R ^a   Hocker P ^a   Stiegler, G ^a   Klein, H G ^a   Soldan, K ^a   Barbara, J ^a   Slopecki, A ^a   Robinson, A ^a   Seyfried, H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COMPLICATION; DEVICE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0034092013     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031151     Document Type: Note

References (4)

1. Blajchman MA, Ali A, Lyn P, et al: A prospective study to determine the frequency of bacterial contamination in random donor platelet concentrates (abstract). Blood 1994;84(suppl): 529.
2. Blajchman MA, Ali A, Lyn P, et al: Bacterial surveillance of platelet concentrates: Quantitation of bacterial load (abstract). Transfusion 1997;37(suppl):74S.
3. Blajchman MA, Ali AM: Bacteria in the blood supply: An overlooked issue in transfusion medicine; in Nance SJ (ed): Blood Safety: Current Challenges. Bethesda, AABB, 1992, pp 213-228.
4. Goldman M, Roy G, Fréchette N, et al: Evaluation of donor skin disinfection methods. Transfusion 1997;37:309-312.