Are changes in admission practices for elective surgery posing a transfusion threat to patients?

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 353-356

  Chiganti, S ^a   Regan, Fiona ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Group and screen; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SCREENING TEST; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STANDARD;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0036899454     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2002.00403.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) (1996) Guidelines for pre-transfusion compatibility testing in blood transfusion laboratories. Transfusion Medicine, 6, 273-283.
2. Love, E.M., Jones, H., Williamson, L.M. et al. (2001) Serious Hazards of Transfusion Annual Report, 1999-2000. ISBN 9532-789-3X-29.