How to improve blood safety with respect to bacterial contaminations?

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-88

  Sireis, W ^a   Hourfar, M K ^a   Seifried, E ^a   Schmidt, M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

APHERESIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLING ERROR; SCREENING; SHELF LIFE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84862335040     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01582.x     Document Type: Letter

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