Routine use of a rapid test to detect bacteria at the time of issue for nonleukoreduced, whole blood-derived platelets

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 843-850

  Harm, Sarah K ^a   Delaney, Meghan ^a   Charapata, Michael ^a   Aubuchon, James P ^a   Triulzi, Darrell J ^a   Yazer, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SIZE; CENTRALIZED TRANSFUSION SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAN GENERA DETECTION TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID TEST; SCREENING TEST; THROMBOCYTE; WHOLE BLOOD DERIVED PLATELET;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SAFETY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876149832     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03818.x     Document Type: Article

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