Reporting of near-miss events for transfusion medicine: Improving transfusion safety

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1204-1211

  Callum, Jeannie L ^a,b,c   Kaplan, Harold S ^a,b   Merkley, Lisa L ^a,b   Pinkerton, Peter H ^a,b   Fastman, Barbara Rabin ^a,b   Romans, Robert A ^a,b   Coovadia, Ahmed S ^a,b   Reis, Marciano D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SAFETY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0034783544     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41101204.x     Document Type: Article

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