Platelet bacterial contamination: Assessing progress and identifying quandaries in a rapidly evolving field

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1340-1346

  Yomtovian, Roslyn ^a   Tomasulo, Peter ^b   Jacobs, Michael R ^c  

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

^b Blood Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHELF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 34547102728     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01402.x     Document Type: Editorial

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