Microbial screening of unrelated cord blood units in a Chinese cord blood bank

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 438-441

  Zhu, L ^a,b   Lv, H ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,b   Yang, J ^a,b   Ni, B ^a,b   Meng, Z ^a,b  

^a BLOOD CENTER OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

BacT ALERT; Cord blood; Sterility testing

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINA FLORA;

BACT/ALERT; CORD BLOOD; STERILITY TESTING;

BIFIDOBACTERIALES INFECTIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOOD BANKS; CHINA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE;

EID: 84888366960     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12079     Document Type: Article

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