Bacterial contamination of blood components

Clinical Laboratory Science;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Association of Blood Banks; BaCon = bacterial contamination associated with transfusion reactions...ultraviolet A light. INDEX TERMS: bacterial contamination; transfusion contamination. As...one in a million. Now however, bacterial contamination of blood products has assumed...

Urine Culture Contamination: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...* Context.-While urine culture contamination may not be completely...Objective.-To examine the frequency of urine culture contamination, review current laboratory practices in the collection of urine culture specimens, and determine practice...

Seventy-four percent of Islamabad water is contaminated

The Hindustan Times;  September 3, 2007 ;     422 words ...Islamabad, Sept. 3 -- Bacterial contamination in the drinking water...Resources (PCRWR) report, bacterial contamination, a major cause of...tested positive for bacterial contamination. According to the...

Filter-based analyzer detects bacterial contamination of platelets....

Sensors Magazine;  February 1, 2003 ;     336 words ...Bacterial contamination of platelets is the leading...can lead to death due to bacterial contamination. The risk of receiving a...a new method of detecting bacterial contamination of platelets. The technology...

Assessing Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Diagnosis and...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......sensitivity patterns from outpatient urine culture and sensitivity analyses were determined...by patient age. Urine dipstick and urine culture and sensitivity analyses were ordered...on urine dipstick analyses also had urine culture and sensitivity analyses. ...

Mosaic Technologies, Inc. to Host Symposium on Bacterial Contamination of...

PR Newswire;  November 6, 2000 ;     545 words ......Medical Education Symposium on bacterial contamination of blood products and the resulting...and strategies to address it. Bacterial contamination of blood components represents...of blood transfusion therapy. Bacterial contamination of blood is a major issue for...

FDA Grants Clearance To Market Pall BDS To Detect Bacteria Contaminated...

Canadian Corporate News;  October 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......BDS, a new system to detect bacterial contamination of platelets. Bacterial contamination of platelets is the leading cause...transfusions can lead to death due to bacterial contamination. Bacteria are the most common...

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Missed In First Trimester.(Brief Article)

Family Practice News;  February 15, 2001 ;     230 words ...AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. -- Doing a urine culture for asymptomatic bacteriuria during...each prenatal visit was followed by a urine culture if the dipstick results were positive...specificity). All women should have a urine culture in the first trimester, but when costs...

The influence of well construction on bacterial contamination of private...

Journal of Environmental Health;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......makes these systems vulnerable to bacterial contamination and waterborne-disease outbreaks...unregulated private water wells. Bacterial contamination of groundwater wells can occur...determining its susceptibility to bacterial contamination. Carbonate bedrock (limestone...

Watch for sepsis from contaminated platelets.(Infectious Diseases)

Internal Medicine News;  April 15, 2005 ;     476 words ...Always consider the possibility of bacterial contamination of blood products--particularly...implement measures to detect and limit bacterial contamination in all platelet components. Additional...36% reported being aware that bacterial contamination of platelets was one of the most...

Urinary tract infection in children.

American Family Physician;  December 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......cases with low clinical suspicion. However, urine culture is necessary for diagnosis of urinary tract...years of age presenting with a first UTI. (8) URINE CULTURE Urine culture is required for diagnosis of UTI. The diagnostic...

Effects of Bacterial Contamination on Steam Turbine Oil Systems

Tribology & Lubrication Technology;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Long Beach, Calif. Introduction Bacterial contamination of large circulating oil systems...description of circulating oil bacterial contamination, problem recognition, types of...methods to clean up and prevent bacterial contamination. Also, a brief case history is...

Why routine bacterial culture of urine makes sense

DVM;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......diagnose and treat bacterial urinary tract...tediniques of urine culture can be economically...quantitative urine culture is considered...concerning minor bacterial contamination from the skin...quantitative urine culture is routinely recommended...of ...

High-Volume Extraction of Nucleic Acids by Magnetic Bead Technology for...

Clinical Chemistry;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......fast and sensitive detection of bacterial contamination of blood products. Methods: We...infectious diseases and detection of bacterial contamination of blood products; however, the...transfusion-transmitted infections; however, bacterial contamination of blood platelets and the ...

Baffling bladder bothers. (Cosmo Gyno).(kidney, urinary tract, and bladder...

Cosmopolitan;  April 1, 2003 ;     168 words ......BOTHER SYMPTOMS TREATMENT OVERACTIVE Peeing more than A urine culture can rule BLADDER eight times a day out infection. If none...time medication options. URINARY Strong, constant urge If a urine culture is pos- TRACT to empty your bladder, itive, your doctor will...