Quality management in blood salvage: Implementation of quality assurance and variables affecting product quality

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-227

  Hansen, E ^a   Bechmann, V ^a   Altmeppen, J ^a   Last, M ^a   Roth, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood salvage; Free hemoglobin; Intraoperative autotransfusion; Plasma washout; Quality management; RBC recovery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 4444372683     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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