Enhanced detection of blood bank sample collection errors with a centralized patient database

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-43

  MacIvor, Duncan ^b   Triulzi, Darrell J ^b   Yazer, Mark H ^a,b  

^a Institute for Transfusion Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; SAMPLING ERROR;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 58149105335     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01923.x     Document Type: Article

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