Bacterial contamination of blood components due to Burkholderia cepacia contamination from clorhexidine bottles

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-71

  García Erce, José Antonio ^a   Grasa, J M ^a   Solano, V M ^a   Gimeno, J J ^a   Lopez A ^a   Hernandez M J ^a   Marco, M L ^a   Arribas, J L ^a   Giralt, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

AGED; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTAINER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; DISINFECTANTS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT PACKAGING;

EID: 0037742195     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00195.x     Document Type: Letter

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