[Transfusion incidents related to bacterial contamination: review of the literature and hemovigilance data. For the working group Bacterial incidents of French Blood Agency, scientific advice of Bacthem and the French hemovigilance network].

The impact of transfusion reactions related to bacterial contamination (TRBC) of labile blood products (LBP) was identified in France soon after the implementation of the haemovigilance system. The aims of our communication were: 1) to confront published data on TRBC with available French data; 2) to describe measures implemented in France to prevent TRBC. Bacterial contamination of whole blood at the collection stage is found in 0.