Bacterial contamination of platelets

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-82

  Palavecino, Elizabeth L ^a   Yomtovian, Roslyn A ^b,d   Jacobs, Michael R ^b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; APHERESIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD DIVERSION METHOD; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYGIENE; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROCALORIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SHELF LIFE; SKIN FLORA; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CALORIMETRY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELETPHERESIS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75949108161     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.10.009     Document Type: Review

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