Detection of bacterial contamination of platelet components: Six years' experience with the BacT/ALERT system

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1166-1173

  Munksgaard, Lars ^b   Albjerg, Lene ^b   Lillevang, Søren T ^b   Gahrn Hansen, Bente ^b   Georgsen, Jørgen ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SKIN FLORA; THROMBOCYTE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3342982321     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.04019.x     Document Type: Article

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