Safe handling and administration of blood components: Review of practical concepts

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 690-694

  Osby, Melanie A ^a   Saxena, Sunita ^a   Nelson, Janice ^a   Shulman, Ira ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PRURITUS; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34248154282     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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