A tabletop exercise to assess a hospital emergency blood management contingency plan in a simulated acute blood shortage

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 302-307

  Galloway, M J ^a   Jane, G ^a   Sudlow, L ^a   Trattles, J ^a   Watson, J ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood shortage; Emergency planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY;

ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIVIL DEFENSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 53949100464     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2008.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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