Universal donor education and consent: What we know and where we should go

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2499-2502

  Wehrli, Gay ^a,b,c   Sazama, Kathleen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Virginia Blood Services   (United States)

^c LifeSouth Community Blood Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BRADYCARDIA; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMED CONSENT; NOTE; PALLOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYNCOPE; WEAKNESS;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78349283691     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02713.x     Document Type: Note

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