UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative: Recommended minimum standards for hospital transfusion laboratories

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 156-158

  Chaffe, B ^a,b   Jones, J ^a,b   Milkins, C ^a,b   Taylor, C ^a,b   Asher, D ^a,b   Glencross, H ^a,b   Murphy, M ^a,b   Cohen, H ^a,b  

^a Manchester Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b C/o SHOT Office ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GREAT BRITAIN; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 69249196532     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00938.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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