Selective transfusion protocols: Errors and accidents waiting to happen

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 713-715

  Ness, Paul M ^a,b,c,d   Lipton, Karen Shoos ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^c American Association of Blood Banks   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERROR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; NOTE; SAFETY; SCREENING;

ACCIDENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 0034840280     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41050713.x     Document Type: Note

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