Bacterial contamination of platelet components not detected by BacT/ALERT®

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 65-70

  Abela, M A ^a   Fenning, S ^b   Maguire, K A ^a   Morris, K G ^a  

^a Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automated bacterial culture detection; platelet components; visual inspection

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD SAFETY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SAFETY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85041953448     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12458     Document Type: Article

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