Monitoring bacterial contamination of blood components in Germany: Effect of contamination reduction measures

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-366

  Walther Wenke, G ^a   Wirsing von Konig C H ^b   Daubener W ^c   Heiden, M ^d   Hoch, J ^e   Hornei, B ^f   Volkers, P ^d  

^a German Red Cross Blood Donation Service West   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM KREFELD   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f Laboratory Medicine Joint Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Bacterial detection; Blood components; Contamination rate; Quality control

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD COMPONENT; ERYTHROCYTE; GERMANY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954463864     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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