Network computer-assisted transfusion-management system for accurate blood component-recipient identification at the bedside

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 364-372

  Miyata, Shigeki ^a   Kawai, Takeshi ^b   Yamamoto, Suguru ^b   Takada, Masahiro ^b   Iwatani, Yasuyuki ^b   Uchida, Osamu ^b   Imanaka, Hideaki ^b   Sase, Kazuhiro ^b   Yagihara, Toshikatsu ^b   Kuro, Masakazu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESERVATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 12144287671     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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