A prospective microbiologic surveillance program to detect and prevent the transfusion of bacterially contaminated platelets
- 12 November 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 33 (11), 902-909
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.1993.331194082380.x
Abstract
After two patients received bacterially contaminated platelet transfusions, a prospective surveillance program was instituted to perform Gram staining and microbiologic culturing of platelets at the ...Keywords
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