Pathogen reduction technology treatment of platelets, plasma and whole blood using riboflavin and UV light

S Marschner, R Goodrich - Transfusion medicine and Hemotherapy, 2011 - karger.com
Bacterial contamination and emerging infections combined with increased international
travel pose a great risk to the safety of the blood supply. Tests to detect the presence of …

American Society for Microbiology evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines to reduce blood culture contamination rates: a systematic review and meta …

RL Sautter, JS Parrott, I Nachamkin, C Diel… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Blood cultures (BCs) are one of the critical tests used to detect bloodstream infections. BC
results are not 100% specific. Interpretation of BC results is often complicated by detecting …

[图书][B] WHO guidelines on drawing blood: best practices in phlebotomy

World Health Organization - 2010 - apps.who.int
Phlebotomy–the drawing of blood–has been practiced for centuries and is still one of the
most common invasive procedures in health care (1). However, practice varies considerably …

[图书][B] Blood donor selection: guidelines on assessing donor suitability for blood donation

World Health Organization - 2012 - apps.who.int
Executive summary Blood transfusion services (BTS) have the responsibility to collect blood
only from donors who are at low risk for any infection that could be transmitted through …

Bacterial screening of apheresis platelets and the residual risk of septic transfusion reactions: the American Red Cross experience (2004‐2006)

AF Eder, JM Kennedy, BA Dy, EP Notari… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: The American Red Cross initiated systemwide bacterial testing of all
apheresis platelet (PLT) collections in March 2004, yet continues to receive reports of septic …

Viable bacteria associated with red blood cells and plasma in freshly drawn blood donations

C Damgaard, K Magnussen, C Enevold, M Nilsson… - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Infection remains a leading cause of post-transfusion mortality and morbidity.
Bacterial contamination is, however, detected in less than 0.1% of blood units tested. The …

Effects of skin disinfection method, deviation bag, and bacterial screening on clinical safety of platelet transfusions in the Netherlands

D De Korte, J Curvers, WLAM De Kort, T Hoekstra… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Bacterial contamination of blood products is a great hazard for
development of fatal transfusion reactions. Bacterial screening of platelet concentrates (PC) …

Bacterial screening of platelet components by National Health Service Blood and Transplant, an effective risk reduction measure

C McDonald, J Allen, S Brailsford, A Roy, J Ball… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Bacterial contamination of blood components remains a major cause of
sepsis in transfusion medicine. Between 2006 and 2010 in the 5 years before the …

Relationship between bacterial load, species virulence, and transfusion reaction with transfusion of bacterially contaminated platelets

MR Jacobs, CE Good, HM Lazarus… - Clinical infectious …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. Bacterial contamination is currently the major infectious hazard of platelet
transfusion, but associations between bacterial species and quantity and transfusion …

Risks of fresh frozen plasma and platelets

S MacLennan, LM Williamson - Journal of Trauma and Acute …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Both fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and platelets are heavily used in massive transfusion.
Although FFP can partially correct abnormal coagulation, a recent systematic review …