Sources of preventable errors related to transfusion

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Sharma, R R ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Agnihotri, S K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Errors; Indian; Prevention; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0035412598     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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