Changing the 30-min Rule in Canada: The Effect of Room Temperature on Bacterial Growth in Red Blood Cells

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 396-399

  Ramirez Arcos, Sandra ^a   Kou, Yuntong ^a   Ducas, Éric ^b   Thibault, Louis ^b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b HÉMA QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

30 min rule; Bacteria; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

30 MINUTE RULE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD STORAGE; CANADA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84991777279     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000445753     Document Type: Article

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