Detection of bacterial contamination in prestorage culture-negative apheresis platelets on day of issue with the Pan Genera Detection test

Use of the RQI Test for Bacterial Screening of Whole Blood Platelets

(2010) Mark H. Yazer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

The Pan Genera Detection Immunoassay: a Novel Point-of-Issue Method for Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Concentrates

(2010) T. Vollmer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of major blood-borne infections among apheresis collections to the American Red Cross Blood Services, 2004 through 2008

(2010) Shimian Zou et al.   TRANSFUSION

Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections among United States blood donors since the introduction of nucleic acid testing

(2010) Shimian Zou et al.   TRANSFUSION

Screening of platelets for bacterial contamination at the Welsh Blood Service

(2010) S. Pearce et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

Transfusion medicine and safety

(2009) Roger Dodd et al.   BIOLOGICALS

Novel Flow Cytometry-Based Screening for Bacterial Contamination of Donor Platelet Preparations Compared with Other Rapid Screening Methods

(2009) J. Dreier et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Current incidence and residual risk of hepatitis B infection among blood donors in the United States

(2009) Shimian Zou et al.   TRANSFUSION

TRANSFUSION COMPLICATIONS: Bacterial culture reduces but does not eliminate the risk of septic transfusion reactions to single-donor platelets

(2009) Alice K. Fuller et al.   TRANSFUSION

BLOOD COMPONENTS: Screening of single-donor apheresis platelets for bacterial contamination: the PASSPORT study results

(2009) Larry J. Dumont et al.   TRANSFUSION

Limiting and detecting bacterial contamination of apheresis platelets: inlet-line diversion and increased culture volume improve component safety

(2009) Anne F. Eder et al.   TRANSFUSION

Bacterial contamination of platelets

(2009) Elizabeth L. Palavecino et al.   TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE

Relationship between Bacterial Load, Species Virulence, and Transfusion Reaction with Transfusion of Bacterially Contaminated Platelets

(2008) Michael R. Jacobs et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Screening platelet concentrates for bacterial contamination: low numbers of bacteria and slow growth in contaminated units mandate an alternative approach to product safety

(2008) W. G. Murphy et al.   VOX SANGUINIS