Systems contributing to the assurance of transfusion safety in the United Kingdom

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-87

  Williamson, Lorna M ^a,b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCREDITATION; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032861390     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031081     Document Type: Review

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