Bacterial growth in red blood cell units exposed to uncontrolled temperatures: Challenging the 30-minute rule

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-107

  Ramirez Arcos, S ^a   Perkins, H ^a   Kou, Y ^a   Mastronardi, C ^a   Kumaran, D ^a   Taha, M ^a   Yi, Q L ^a   Mclaughlin, N ^a   Kahwash, E ^a   Lin, Y ^b   Acker, J ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

30 minute rule; Bacterial growth in RBCs; RBC exposure to uncontrolled T

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BLOOD STORAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

30-MINUTE RULE; BACTERIAL GROWTH IN RBCS; RBC EXPOSURE TO UNCONTROLLED T;

BACTERIA; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ENDOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880275305     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12027     Document Type: Article

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