Bacterial safety of cell-based therapeutic preparations, focusing on haematopoietic progenitor cells

Sterility testing of apheresis hematopoietic progenitor cell products using an automated blood culture system

(2013) Chang Liu et al.   TRANSFUSION

Microbial contamination of hematopoietic progenitor and other regenerative cells used in transplantation and regenerative medicine

(2013) Michael R. Jacobs et al.   TRANSFUSION

Microbial contamination of hematopoietic progenitor cell products

(2013) Sinem Namdaroğlu et al.   TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE

Autologous transplant: microbial contamination of hematopoietic stem cell products

(2012) Igor Dullius Almeida et al.   Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Impact of yeast–bacteria coinfection on the detection of Candida sp. in an automated blood culture system

(2012) Estelle Cateau et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Dimethyl Sulfoxide Enhances Effectiveness of Skin Antiseptics and Reduces Contamination Rates of Blood Cultures

(2012) J. J. Tarrand et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of the sterility testing process of hematopoietic stem cells at Canadian Blood Services

(2012) Cherie Mastronardi et al.   TRANSFUSION

Validation of the BacT/ALERT®3D automated culture system for the detection of microbial contamination of epithelial cell culture medium

(2011) E. Plantamura et al.   CELL AND TISSUE BANKING

Microbial contamination of autologous peripheral blood stem cell products: incidence, clinical outcome, quality control and management strategies

(2011) Poh Lin Cheah et al.   PATHOLOGY

Factors affecting microbial contamination rate of cord blood collected for transplantation

(2011) Pamela Clark et al.   TRANSFUSION

Performance and suitability of polymerase chain reaction for early detection of bacteria in platelet concentrates

(2011) Ineke G.H. Rood et al.   TRANSFUSION

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

(2011) Michael R. Jacobs et al.   TRANSFUSION

Transfusion-Transmitted Bacterial Infections – Haemovigilance Data of German Blood Establishments (1997–2010)

(2011) Markus B. Funk et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND HEMOTHERAPY

Implementation of Bacterial Detection Methods into Blood Donor Screening – Overview of Different Technologies

(2011) Michael Schmidt et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND HEMOTHERAPY

10 Years Experience with Bacterial Screening of Platelet Concentrates in the Netherlands

(2011) Dirk de Korte   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND HEMOTHERAPY

Establishment of the first International Repository for Transfusion-Relevant Bacteria Reference Strains: ISBT Working Party Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases (WP-TTID), Subgroup on Bacteria

(2011) M. Störmer et al.   VOX SANGUINIS

Detection of microbial contaminants in mammalian cell cultures using a new fluorescence-based staining method

(2010) A. Baumstummler et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

An Automated System for Rapid Non-Destructive Enumeration of Growing Microbes

(2010) Roanna London et al.   PLoS One

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

The Clinical Importance of Microbiological Findings in the Diagnosis and Management of Bloodstream Infections

(2009) Harald Seifert   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Blood Culture Contamination Rates after Skin Antisepsis with Chlorhexidine Gluconate versus Povidone-Iodine in a Pediatric Emergency Department

(2009) Lauren Marlowe et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Microbial safety of cell based medicinal products – what can we learn from cellular blood components?

(2008) Thomas Montag et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

Detection of Bacterial and Yeast Species with the Bactec 9120 Automated System with Routine Use of Aerobic, Anaerobic, and Fungal Media

(2008) A. Chiarini et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sterility screening of platelet concentrates: questioning the optimal test strategy

(2008) J. Dreier et al.   VOX SANGUINIS