జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ బ్లడ్ డిజార్డర్స్ & ట్రాన్స్‌ఫ్యూజన్

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Bacterial Sepsis Secondary to Red Blood Cells Transfusion Despite Routine Platelet Culture Screening: A Case Report

César Cerdas-Quesada

Bacterial contamination of hemocomponents is a leading cause of transfusion related fatality. Culturing components may detect the presence of bacteria, thus reducing the risk of a septic result alter transfusion. Bacteria that contaminate blood products may originate from donor skin flora, from donor asymptomatic bacteremia or from contamination during blood processing.