Accuracy of predonation Hct sampling affects donor safety, eligibility, and deferral rates

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 353-359

  Wood, Erica M ^a   Kim, Debora M ^a   Miller, John P ^a  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANEMIA; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; SAFETY; SCREENING;

BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD DONORS; CAPILLARIES; COPPER SULFATE; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SAFETY; VEINS;

EID: 0035078852     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41030353.x     Document Type: Article

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