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Comparison of three bacterial detection methods under routine conditions.

M Schmidt1, A Karakassopoulos, J Burkhart

  • 1German Red Cross Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. m.schmidt@blutspende.de

Vox Sanguinis
|December 22, 2006
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BacT/ALERT detected more bacterial contamination in platelets than Pall eBDS or Scansystem. However, BacT/ALERT had more false positives, while Pall eBDS and Scansystem offered higher specificity for bacterial detection systems.

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