Improved efficiency in providing blood to surgical patients using a novel approach to preadmission testing

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 251-256

  Jefferies, Leigh C ^a,b   Smith, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Strobl, Frank J ^a   Traber, K Bobbi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Compatibility testing; Preadmission testing; Pretransfusion testing; Same day admit

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; PHILADELPHIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034323698     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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