Improving transfusion practice: Ongoing education and audit at two tertiary speciality hospitals in Western Australia

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-56

  Gallagher Swann, M ^a,b   Ingleby, B ^a,b   Cole, C ^c   Barr, A ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Blood transfusion; Documentation; Education; Practice improvement; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78650763668     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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