Performance Evaluation of the VersaTREK Blood Culture System for Quality Control Testing of Platelet Units
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 47 (3) , 817-818
Abstract
The performance of the VersaTREK blood culture system for the detection of a bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates was assessed using samples spiked with serial dilutions of nine bacterial species associated with platelet contamination. The system detected growth for all organisms in <20 h, and the detection sensitivity was <20 CFU/ml.Keywords
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