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Bacterial contamination of blood products: Factors, options, and insights
Author(s) -
DepcikSmith N.D.,
Hay S.N.,
Brecher M.E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.10004
Subject(s) - medicine , apheresis , contamination , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , incidence (geometry) , transfusion reaction , blood product , blood transfusion , environmental health , immunology , surgery , platelet , ecology , physics , optics , biology
Abstract Transfusion of bacterially contaminated blood products remains an overlooked problem. However, the risk of receiving a bacterially contaminated unit is greater than the combined risk of HIV‐1/2, HCV, HBV, and HTLV I/II [American Association of Blood Banks Bulletin, no. 294, 1996]. Topics covered in this article include: the current incidence, clinical presentation and outcome, effective methods of detection, and ways to reduce bacterial contamination of blood products. There is no one existing strategy that can completely eliminate the risk of bacterial contamination. It is inevitable that partial solutions or combinations of methods will be implemented in the near future. J. Clin. Apheresis 16:192–201, 2001.© 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.