Hospital Blood Inventory Practice: The factors affecting stock level and wastage

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Perera, G ^a   Hyam, C ^a   Taylor, C ^b   Chapman, J F ^a  

^a Blood Stocks Management Scheme   (United Kingdom)

^b DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood inventory management; Calculating the blood order; Crossmatch reservation period; Wastage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; HOSPITAL; INVENTORY CONTROL; IRELAND; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD BANKS; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INVENTORIES, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 65249190381     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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