'Tag and label' system for checking and recording of blood transfusions

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Whitehead, S ^a   Kenny Siddique, S ^a   Scott, Y ^a   Parker, P I ^a   Hardy, J ^a   Wallis, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Compatibility form

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

EID: 0042697568     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2003.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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