Unintended transplantation of three organs from an hiv-positive donor: Report of the analysis of an adverse event in a regional health care service in Italy

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2187-2189

  Bellandi, T ^a   Albolino, S ^a   Tartaglia, R ^a   Filipponi, F ^b  

^a Center for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; ITALY; KIDNEY GRAFT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER GRAFT; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77955530672     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.05.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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