Reagent strips may not detect Staphylococcus epidermidis contamination of platelet concentrates [2] (multiple letters)

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 852-853

  Tarrand, Jeffrey ^a   Sazama, Kathleen J ^a   Lichtiger, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEST STRIP; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 3542996291     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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