Ice from an ice machine is a potential source of bacterial contamination for HPC products - Implications for cell-processing facilities

Cytotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-347

  Stiegler, G ^a   Gerhartl, K ^a   Jurko, S ^a   Leitner, G ^a   Hocker P ^a   Dettke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ICE;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MACHINE; PACKAGING MATERIAL; SKIN FLORA; STORAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0142126366     PISSN: 14653249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14653240310002261     Document Type: Letter

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