Increase of blood donation speed by optimizing the needle- to-tubing connection: An application of donation software

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Van Der Meer, P F ^a   De Korte, D ^a  

^a Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Noordwest Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automation software; Blood collection mixers; Collection site efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION, COMPUTERS AND DATA PROCESSING; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; TUBE; TUBE FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD DONORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NEEDLES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67650501570     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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