Extension of platelet shelf life from 4 to 5 days by implementation of a new screening strategy in Germany

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Sireis, W ^a   Ruster B ^a   Daiss, C ^a   Hourfar, M K ^a   Capalbo, G ^a   Pfeiffer, H U ^a   Janetzko, K ^b   Goebel, M ^b   Kempf, V A J ^c   Seifried, E ^a   Schmidt, M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

BacT ALERT; Bacterial contamination; Bactiflow; Platelets

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GERMANY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHELF LIFE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052230734     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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