Audit of the red cell units supply of a busy hospital blood bank in Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-168

  Fasola, F A ^a   Kotila, T R ^a   Shokunbi, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood wastage; Crossmatch; Red cell transfusion; Transftision ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NIGERIA;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NIGERIA;

EID: 70349898689     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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