Donor management in a teaching hospital blood bank in West Africa

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 120, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-130

  Allain, J P ^a,c   Owusu Ofori, S ^b   Bedu Addo, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c Cambridge Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GHANA; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27744452165     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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