Human error - A significant cause of transfusion mortality

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 879-885

  Myhre, B A ^a,b,c   McRuer, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERROR; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033866994     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40070879.x     Document Type: Review

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