Record number:
859
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Fever, positive blood culture.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Blood cultures from bone marrow donor showed infection due to contamination of bone marrow aspirate from his own skin. Donation sample tested positive with same strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis but not transmitted to recipient.
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