The Role of Hospital Transfusion Committees in Blood Product Conservation

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-104

  Haynes, Sarah L ^b   Torella, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EID: 16544364003     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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