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“Most reports estimate that as many as 1 in 2000 to
3000 PLT units, both single-donor platelet apheresis
and random donor PLT units are contaminated with
bacteria.” |
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“No currently
available screening technology is perfectly
sensitive and adequately rapid for determining the
bacterial contamination status of PLT’s at the time
of transfusion.” |
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“Our study has
shown the limitations of early culture-based
detection systems and highlighted the need for a
sensitive and specific method to detect bacterial
contamination at time of issue.” |
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These extracts
are from a paper: Yomtovian, Roslyn A.;
Palavecino, Elizabeth L.; Dysktra, Alden H.; Downes,
Katharine A.; Morrissey, Anne M.; Bajaksouzian,
Saralee; Pokorny, Marcella A.; Lazarus, Hillard M.;
Jacobs, Michael R. (2006). Evolution of surveillance
methods for detection of bacterial contamination of
platelets in a university hospital, 1991 through
2004 Transfusion 46 (5), 719–730. |
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Providing the
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New
Bac-Detect™ |
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• Not culture
based
• Rapid and
sensitive
• Used at point
of issue or during storage
Bac-Detect™
provides a convenient solution. |
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Dielectrophoresis
collects organisms by the application of non-uniform
electric fields. Below are magnified images before
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Electric Field
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