Microbial screening of UC blood units by an automated culture system: Effect of delayed testing on bacterial detection

Cytotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Sparrow, Rosemary L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALERT; Automated culture system; BacT; Bacteria; Cryopreservation; Detection; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; INOCULATION; LICENCE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BACTERIA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542315423     PISSN: 14653249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14653240310004557     Document Type: Article

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