Observations from a national multiple institution autotransfusion (ATS) quality indicator program

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Dickinson, Timothy ^a   Riley, Jeffrey ^b   Steg, Ana ^a   Zabetakis, Paul ^a  

^a FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotransfusion; Process improvement; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD BANK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; OBSERVATION; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 3142749687     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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