Deferred donor care in a regional hospital blood center in Ghana

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Allain, Jean Pierre ^a   Opare Sem, Ohene ^b   Sarkodie, Francis ^b   Rahman, Rabiatu ^b   Owusu Ofori, Shirley ^b  

^a Cambridge Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEFERRED DONOR CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BLOOD DONORS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949120816     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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