Sterility screening of platelet concentrates: Questioning the optimal test strategy

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Dreier, J ^a   Stormer M ^a   Pichl, L ^b   Schottstedt, V ^b   Grolle, A ^b   Bux, J ^b   Kleesiek, K ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DRK Blutspendedienst West   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Blood safety; Quality control; Sampling error; Sterility testing

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 51749124252     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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