Storage time of platelet concentrates and all-cause bacteremia in hematologic patients.
Aukje L KreugerRutger A MiddelburgCock M C BankErik A M BeckersAdriaan J van GammerenAnja LeyteJan M M RondeelKaren M K de VooghtFloor WeerkampJaap Jan ZwagingaJean Louis H KerkhoffsJohanna G van der BomPublished in: Transfusion (2017)
Storage time of PLT concentrates was not associated with increased occurrence of all-cause bacteremia the day after transfusion. If anything, fewer cases of bacteremia occurred with increasing storage time of PLT concentrates in plasma. These bacteremias are not directly caused by transfusion of a contaminated product and the underlying mechanism warrants further research.