Quality assurance and transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis;Assurance qualité et incidents bactériens liés à la transfusion sanguine

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Noel L ^a,b  

^a Etablissement de Transfus Sanguine   (France)

^b Centre de Transfusion Sanguine et d'Hématologie de Versailles   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial sepsis; Blood transfusion; Hemovigilance; Quality assurance; Skin disinfection

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0002428322     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1246-7820(96)80011-5     Document Type: Article

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