A procedure for rapid issue of red cells for emergency use

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-496

  Weiskopf, Richard B ^a,b   Webb, Mary ^a   Stangle, Deena ^a   Klinbergs, Gunter ^a   Toy, Pearl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TIME;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROCYTES; HOSPITAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERDEPARTMENTAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16344375428     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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