Transfusion Medicine
Findings from Ruhr University provide new insights into transfusion medicine
Published in Blood Weekly, August 9th, 2007
New research, "Real-time polymerase chain reaction in transfusion medicine: applications for detection of bacterial contamination in blood products," is the subject of a report. According to recent research published in the journal Transfusion Medicine Reviews, "Bacterial contamination of blood components, particularly of platelet concentrates (PCs), represents the greatest infectious risk in blood transfusion. Although the incidence of platelet bacterial contamination is approximately 1 per 2,000 U, the urgent need for a method for the routine screening of PCs to improve safety for patients had not been considered for a long time."
"Besides the culturing...
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