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Performance evaluation of the VersaTREK blood culture system for quality control testing of platelet units
Suparna Nanua1, Carol Weber, Liz Isgriggs
1Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|January 16, 2009
Abstract:
The performance of the VersaTREK blood culture system for the detection of a bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates was assessed using samples spiked with serial dilutions of nine bacterial species associated with platelet contamination. The system detected growth for all organisms in <20 h, and the detection sensitivity was <20 CFU/ml.

