Investigation for bacterial contamination of blood products implicated in suspected transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Laboratory Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Electronic address: vanessa.clifford@rch.org.au.
• ² Department of Laboratory Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia.
• ³ Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Australia; Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁴ Department of Laboratory Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Vic, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.