Bacterial pre-release testing of platelets-the australian red cross blood service clinical experience

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-241

  Borosak, Marija ^a   Wood, Erica ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial testing; Platelets; Septic transfusion reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; RED CROSS; SAFETY; SAMPLING; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE RELEASE REACTION;

EID: 80052223027     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330466     Document Type: Article

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