Increasing Patient Safety and Efficiency in Transfusion Therapy Using Formal Process Definitions

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-57

  Henneman, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c,d   Avrunin, George S ^a,b,c,d   Clarke, Lori A ^a,b,c,d   Osterweil, Leon J ^a,b,c,d   Andrzejewski Jr , Chester ^a,b,c,d   Merrigan, Karen ^a,b,c,d   Cobleigh, Rachel ^a,b,c,d   Frederick, Kimberly ^a,b,c,d   Katz Bassett, Ethan ^a,b,c,d   Henneman, Philip L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845307579     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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