Prevalence of bacterial contamination in blood and blood products at the National Blood Service Zimbabwe
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Prevalence of bacterial contamination in blood and blood products at the National Blood Service Zimbabwe.
INTRODUCTION Advances in screening for infections improve the safety of donated blood. Transfusion-related bacterial sepsis, although not established in Zimbabwe, stills makes bacterial contamination of blood clinically relevant. METHODOLOGY This cross-sectional study was conducted in Harare. Bacteriological and antibiotic susceptibility testing were done using standard methods. RESULTS Of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5428