External performance evaluation of screening in blood banks in Argentina: Results and strategies for improvement;Evaluación externa del desempeño en el tamizaje de bancos de sangre en Argentina: Resultados y estrategias para mejorarlo

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Oknaian, Sebastián ^a   Remesar, Mirta ^a   Ferraro, Laura ^a   Del Pozo, Ana Emilia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEALTH SERVICES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0037305544     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003000200017     Document Type: Article

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