Managing change to improve transfusion safety

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1377-1383

  AuBuchon, James P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLOOD; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ERRORS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444223737     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0041-1132.2004.04183.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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