Surveillance of transfusion errors: Putting data to use in the U.K.

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 120, Issue , 2005, Pages 179-187

  Murphy, M F ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error; Haemovigilance; Surveillance; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 27744520615     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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