Current status of bacterial contamination of autologous blood for transfusion

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-259

  Sugai, Yoriko ^a   Sugai, Katsuhei ^a   Fuse, Akihisa ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine Ohmi Hachiman City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; JAPAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035187260     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-0502(01)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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