10 years experience with bacterial screening of platelet concentrates in the Netherlands

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-254

  De Korte, Dirk ^a  

^a SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Buffy coat; Platelet concentrates; Platelet storage

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 80052253645     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330312     Document Type: Article

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