Experience with the medical event reporting system for transfusion medicine (MERS-TM) at three hospitals

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-143

  Callum, Jeannie L ^a   Merkley, Lisa L ^a   Coovadia, Ahmed S ^a   Lima, Ana P ^a   Kaplan, Harold S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical event; Medical event reporting; Mistransfusions; Near misses; Transfusion surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSING; SAFETY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 14344259066     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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