Transfusion-associated adverse events and implementation of blood safety measures - findings from the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey.

Alexandra A SavinkinaKathryn A Haass Matthew R P SapianoRichard A HenryJames J BergerSridhar V BasavarajuJefferson M Jones

Published in: Transfusion (2021)

Besides leukoreduction, implementation of most blood safety measures reported in this study remains low. Nationally, hospitals might be shifting from culture-based secondary bacterial testing to rapid immunoassays.

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