Safer design

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 758-759

  Kaplan, Harold ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247637375     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01245.x     Document Type: Editorial

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