Bacterial contamination of platelet products in the Blood Transfusion Center of Isfahan, Iran

• Main Authors: Farzad, Baghi Baghban (Author), Farshad, Baghban (Author), Zahra, Bamzadeh (Author), Nahid, Akbari (Author), Mahsa, Khosravi Bakhtiari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: Overall the risk of transfusion transmitted infections has decreased, especially viral infections like HIV and hepatitis B and C. Bacterial contamination of blood and its cellular components, however, remains a common microbiological cause of transfusion associated morbidity and mortality. Plat...