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Comparing two blood culture systems for the detection of bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates.
Transfusion 2018 October 8
BACKGROUND: The transfusion of platelet concentrates (PCs) contaminated with bacteria may cause serious, and even fatal, septic reactions in patients. The aim of this study was to compare the VersaTREK with the BACTEC FX automated culture systems for screening bacterial contamination, directly after the delay of 24 hours of preparation to obtain the final pooled buffy coat PCs, to prevent transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Seven bacterial strains were each inoculated into five replicate pooled buffy coat PCs at approximately 100 colony-forming units/unit, and 5- or 10-mL samples were inoculated into duplicate aerobic culture bottles. The time and detection rates were compared between BACTEC FX, as a reference method, and VersaTREK.
RESULTS: Time to detection was significantly shorter using VersaTREK for most species detected by both systems for the volumes tested. Of 70 VersaTREK cultures, 69 (98.57% detection rate) were positive after 24 hours of incubation with the 5-mL sample. In contrast, the BACTEC FX system detected all positive samples in PCs for the volume of 10 mL, although seven samples were false negatives for the 5-mL volume.
CONCLUSION: The VersaTREK system compared favorably to the BACTEC FX system for 5-mL volumes (p < 0.05) and could be considered a potential method for detecting bacterial contamination in PC samples directly after 24 hours of preparation of the final pooled buffy coat PCs.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Seven bacterial strains were each inoculated into five replicate pooled buffy coat PCs at approximately 100 colony-forming units/unit, and 5- or 10-mL samples were inoculated into duplicate aerobic culture bottles. The time and detection rates were compared between BACTEC FX, as a reference method, and VersaTREK.
RESULTS: Time to detection was significantly shorter using VersaTREK for most species detected by both systems for the volumes tested. Of 70 VersaTREK cultures, 69 (98.57% detection rate) were positive after 24 hours of incubation with the 5-mL sample. In contrast, the BACTEC FX system detected all positive samples in PCs for the volume of 10 mL, although seven samples were false negatives for the 5-mL volume.
CONCLUSION: The VersaTREK system compared favorably to the BACTEC FX system for 5-mL volumes (p < 0.05) and could be considered a potential method for detecting bacterial contamination in PC samples directly after 24 hours of preparation of the final pooled buffy coat PCs.
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