The impact of the new tick-box questionnaire, and the personal donor interview, on donor deferrals in the East of Scotland

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-187

  Norris, A ^a   Galea, G ^b  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Donor selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SCOTLAND; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0034958230     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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