Management of blood shortages in a tertiary care academic medical center: The Yale-New Haven Hospital frozen blood reserve

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2252-2263

  Erickson, Michelle L ^b   Champion, Melanie H ^b   Klein, Roger ^b   Ross, Rebecca L ^b   Neal, Zena M ^b   Snyder, Edward L ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE; MODEL; NOTE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONNECTICUT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS;

EID: 52949114128     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01816.x     Document Type: Note

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