Use of the RQI test for bacterial screening of whole blood platelets

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-568

  Yazer, Mark H ^a,b   Stapor, Daniel ^b   Triulzi, Darrell J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blood bank; Pan genera detection; Platelets; Rapid qualitative immunoassay; Screening test; Verax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID QUALITATIVE IMMUNOASSAY; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THROMBOCYTE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD STORAGE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950488306     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPYFKEC90MFQCD     Document Type: Article

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