Issue for Transfusion: Further Reading

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Visual inspection

1. Brecher, M.E. ed. Technical Manual, 14th ed. Bethesda, MD; AABB Press; 2002: 182-185.
2. Kim DM, Brecher ME, Bland LA, Estes TJ, Carmen RA, Nelson EJ. Visual identification of bacterially contaminated cells. Transfusion. 1992 Mar-Apr: 32(3): 199-201. [Medline]
3. Roth VR, Arduino MJ, Nobiletti J, Holt SC, Carson LA, Wolf CF, et al. Transfusion-related sepsis due to Serratia liquefaciens in the United States. Transfusion 2000 Aug.;40(8):931-5. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]

Issuing

1. Haditsch M, Binder L, Bagriel C, Muller-Uri P, Watschinger R, Mittermayer H. Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia in autologous blood transfusion. Transfusion. 1994 Oct; 34(10): 907-9. [Medline]
2. Tipple MA, Bland LA, Murphy JJ, arduino MJ, Panlilio AL, Farmer JJ 3rd, Tourault MA, Macpherson CR, Menitove JE, Grindon AJ, et al. Sepsis associated with transfusion of red cells contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica. Transfusion. 1990 Mar-Apr; 30(3): 193-5. [Medline]
3. Williamson LM, Lowe S, Love EM, Cohen H, Soldan K, McClelland DB, et al. Serious hazards of transfusion (SHOT) initiative: analysis of the first two annual reports. Br Med J 1999;319:16-9.