Summary
Fifty-eight specimens of blood from a blood bank were inoculated in fluid thioglycollate, and incubated 15 days at 37° C., and 15 days at 20° C., for sterility control; only three yielded a culture ofFaecalis alcaligenes on the twenty-fifth day of the experiment, and it is assumed that this was caused by a contamination in the laboratory.
A general review of the subject is given, along with a discussion of the prophylaxis of blood bank contamination.
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Cinquante-huit spécimens venant ďune banque de sang ont été ensemencés dans du thioglycollate liquide et incubés durant 15 jours à 37° C., et durant 15 autres jours à 20° C., pour contrôle bactériologique. Trois échantillons ont donné une culture deFaecalis alcaligenes au vingtième jour de ľexpérience; selon toute évidence, il s’agissait ďune contamination survenue au laboratoire.
Une revue générale de la question est éxposée, ainsi que les moyens à prendre pour prévenir la contamination du sang des banques.
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Potvin, A., Hudon, F. Bacteriological control in a blood bank: a report. Can. Anaes. Soc. J. 7, 56–60 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03013684
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