Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT® 3D system for the implementation of in-house quality control sterility testing at Canadian blood services

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1179-1187

  Mastronardi, Cherie ^a   Perkins, Heather ^a   Derksen, Paul ^a   Denadmirant, Michael ^a   Ramírez Arcos, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bacterial contamination; blood components; sterility testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD COMPONENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAM STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; QUALITY CONTROL;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CANADA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PLATELETPHERESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 77955443000     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.240     Document Type: Article

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