Improving transfusion safety by electronic identification of patients, blood samples, and blood units

Immunohematology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-85

  Marconi, M ^a   Langeberg, A F ^b   Sirchia, G ^a   Sandler, S G ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic identification; Transfusion safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0034123473     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21307/IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY-2019-583     Document Type: Article

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