An audit of blood ordering practices in hospital queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-150

  Ur Rahman, Mahfooz ^a,b   Akhtar, Gul Naz ^a  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion Service Punjab   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood ordering policies; Review of blood utilization; Transfusion Audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449120198     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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