Bacterial contamination in platelets: incremental improvements drive down but do not eliminate risk

Use of hemovigilance data to evaluate the effectiveness of diversion and bacterial detection

(2011) Pierre Robillard et al.   TRANSFUSION

Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT® 3D system for the implementation of in-house quality control sterility testing at Canadian Blood Services

(2010) Cherie Mastronardi et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

Screening of platelets for bacterial contamination at the Welsh Blood Service

(2010) S. Pearce et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

Buffy-coat-derived pooled platelet concentrates and apheresis platelet concentrates: which product type should be preferred?

(2010) H. Schrezenmeier et al.   VOX SANGUINIS

Screening of platelet concentrates for bacterial contamination: spectrum of bacteria detected, proportionof transfused units, and clinical follow-up

(2009) Gabriele Walther-Wenke et al.   ANNALS OF HEMATOLOGY

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

Skin disinfection methods: prospective evaluation and postimplementation results

(2009) Sandra Ramirez-Arcos et al.   TRANSFUSION

Bacterial contamination of platelets

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

Protecting the blood supply from emerging pathogens: The role of pathogen inactivation

(2009) M.A. Blajchman   TRANSFUSION CLINIQUE ET BIOLOGIQUE

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

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

Bacterial detection in apheresis platelets: blood systems experience with a two-bottle and one-bottle culture system

(2008) Leon L. Su et al.   TRANSFUSION

Implementation of buffy coat platelet component production: comparison to platelet-rich plasma platelet production

(2008) Elena Levin et al.   TRANSFUSION

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

Sterility screening of platelet concentrates: questioning the optimal test strategy

(2008) J. Dreier et al.   VOX SANGUINIS

Clinical and laboratory practices in investigation of suspected transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection: a survey of Canadian hospitals

(2008) A. N. Traore et al.   VOX SANGUINIS