Electronic remote blood issue: A combination of remote blood issue with a system for end-to-end electronic control of transfusion to provide a "total solution" for a safe and timely hospital blood transfusion service

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-424

  Staves, Julie ^b   Davies, Amanda ^b   Kay, Jonathan ^b   Pearson, Oliver ^b   Johnson, Tony ^b   Murphy, Michael F ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTRONIC REMOTE BLOOD ISSUE; ELECTRONICS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; SEROLOGY; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TELECONSULTATION;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS;

EID: 39749191375     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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