Patent ID: 6790661
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A method for screening for the presence of a clinically relevant amount of bacteria in donor blood or blood product from a donor mammal for transfer into a recipient mammal, comprising: contacting a sample of the donor blood or blood product with a set of pan-generic antibodies, wherein the set of antibodies comprises antibodies that specifically bind to a Gram-negative bacterial antigen and antibodies that specifically bind to a Gram-positive bacterial antigen, detecting binding of the set of antibodies to the sample, wherein binding indicates the presence of a clinically relevant amount of bacteria in the donor blood or blood product and no binding indicates the absence of a clinically relevant amount of bacteria in the donor blood or blood product from the donor mammal, wherein the blood or blood product determined to have less than 1Ã—106 colony forming units (CFU) per mL of bacteria is useful for transfer to the recipient mammal.