Assessment of blood administration procedures: Problems identified by direct observation and administrative incident reporting

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 581-586

  Whitsett, Carolyn F ^a,b,c   Robichaux, Mary G ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; OBSERVATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS;

EID: 0034840273     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41050581.x     Document Type: Article

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