Plasma Photoinactivation of Bacterial Isolated from Blood Donors Skin: Potential of Security Barrier in Transfusional Therapy.

The presence of skin bacteria capable of forming biofilm, exhibiting antibiotic resistance, and displaying virulence represents a significant challenge in the field of transfusion medicine. This underscores the necessity of enhancing the microbiological safety of blood and blood components against pathogens with virulent characteristics. The aim of this work was to demonstrate bacterial inactivation in plasma by using a photoinactivation method against virulent bacteria and to evaluate coagulation factors before and after treatment.

Reduction of blood loss from laboratory testing in hospitalized adult patients using small-volume (pediatric) tubes.

Context: Blood loss from laboratory testing (BLLT) can be significant in hospitalized patients. It is a common practice to draw full large-volume tubes of blood from adults.

Objective: To determine whether BLLT occurred when a small-volume (pediatric) blood collection tube (SVT) was substituted for each large-volume blood collection tube and to note whether an adequate sample still was obtained.