White particulate matter: This time too much precaution

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 956-958

  Simon, Toby L ^a  

^a TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD STORAGE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE; WHITE PARTICULATE MATTER;

BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL AGGREGATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES;

EID: 3042594878     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.44702.x     Document Type: Editorial

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