Open AccessThe Frequency and Spectrum of Bacterial Contamination of Packed Red Blood Cells and Platelet Concentrate Units from a Sample of Iraqi Blood Donors
Author(s) -
Ali Khazal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asm science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2682-8901
pISSN - 1823-6782
DOI - 10.32802/asmscj.2021.749
Subject(s) - contamination , platelet , abo blood group system , bacteria , whole blood , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , food science , biology , immunology , ecology , genetics
Bacterial contamination of donated blood is defined as the presence of bacteria in the blood components which are collected and/or processed for transfusion. It is the second cause of death beyond ABO-mismatch. The aims were to determine the frequency of bacterial contaminations in stored packed RBC and platelet concentrate units. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Baghdad between 2nd of September to 27th of December 2019. Two hundred samples; 100 samples from packed RBC units and 100 samples from platelet concentrate units were randomly selected. There were 38/100 of platelet concentrate units found to be contaminated, while 28/100 samples studied of packed RBC units were contaminated by bacteria. The high rate of contamination of samples presented. Gram-positive bacteria were the most predominant, and this attributed to poor skin cleansing and antiseptic techniques used prior to donor blood collection.