Guidelines for compatibility procedures in blood transfusion laboratories

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-73

  Chapman, J F ^a   Elliott, C ^a   Knowles, S M ^a   Milkins, C E ^a   Poole, G D ^a   Duguid, J ^a   Boulton, F ^a   McClelland, B ^a   Smith, N ^a   Cohen, H ^a   Rowley, M ^a   Taylor, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COOMBS TEST; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 11144354712     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2004.00482.x     Document Type: Review

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