Development of proficiency testing for detection of bacterial contamination of platelet products

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-255

  Easley, Samantha ^a   Yomtovian, Roslyn A ^a   Sullivan, Patricia ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD BANKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELETPHERESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33846440538     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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