The utility of an automated electronic system to monitor and audit transfusion practice

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-324

  Grey, D E ^a,d   Smith, V ^a   Villanueva, G ^a   Richards, B ^a   Augustson, B ^a,b   Erber, W N ^a,c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Computing; Monitoring; Red cells; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ZAPRINAST;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL AND HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL;

EID: 33646111420     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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