Four hospital patients developed sepsis after receiving platelet transfusions contaminated with bacteria last year, according to the CDC’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The ...

Bacterial contamination remains a critical hazard in blood transfusion medicine, particularly affecting platelet products owing to their storage at room temperature which favours bacterial growth. The ...

Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...