Patient identification: Problems and potential solutions

Vox Sanguinis, Supplement

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Murphy, Mike F ^a,b,c   Kay, J D S ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRAINING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTERS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 4444359837     PISSN: 17416892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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