Evaluating the 4-hour and 30-minute rules: Effects of room temperature exposure on red blood cell quality and bacterial growth

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 851-859

  Ramirez Arcos, Sandra ^a   Mastronardi, Cherie ^a   Perkins, Heather ^a   Kou, Yuntong ^a   Turner, Tracey ^a   Mastronardi, Emily ^a   Hansen, Adele ^a   Yi, Qi Long ^a   McLaughlin, Natasha ^a   Kahwash, Eiad ^a   Lin, Yulia ^a   Acker, Jason ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SAFETY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876132049     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03807.x     Document Type: Article

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