Tracing blood units to their recipients: Results of a two-centre study

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 127-130

  Ballard, Sally ^a,d   Buck, J ^a   Llewelyn, C ^a   Murphy, M ^b   Williamson, L ^c  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Documentation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECIPIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 0038656704     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2003.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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