Implementation of a proficiency testing programme for bacterial screening in platelet preparations in Canada

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Mastronardi, C ^a   Martincic, I ^a   Ramirez Arcos S ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

BacT ALERT system; Bacterial contamination; Platelets; Proficiency testing

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBOCYTE;

BACTERIA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CANADA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PLATELETPHERESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547810400     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2007.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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