Survey of methods used to detect bacterial contamination of platelet products in the United States in 2011

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 911-918

  Brecher, Mark E ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^a   Katz, Louis M ^a   Jacobson, Jessica ^a   Riposo, Jacqlyn ^a   Carr Greer, Allene ^a   Kleinman, Steve ^a  

^a LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; SCREENING TEST; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SAFETY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PLATELETPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876160077     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12148     Document Type: Article

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