Adherence to a strict specimen-labeling policy decreases the incidence of erroneous blood grouping of blood bank specimens

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1169-1172

  Lumadue, J A ^a,b   Boyd, J S ^a   Ness, P M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DRUG LABELING; POLICY; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031460284     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37111298088047.x     Document Type: Article

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