Open AccessPrevalence of bacterial contamination in blood and blood products at the National Blood Service Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Ngonidzashe Makuni,
Clifford Simango,
Rooyen T Mavenyengwa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.5428
Subject(s) - contamination , antibiotics , medicine , sepsis , blood culture , bacteria , environmental health , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology , genetics
Advances in screening for infections improve the safety of donated blood. Transfusion-related bacterial sepsis, although not established in Zimbabwe, stills makes bacterial contamination of blood clinically relevant.
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