Safe blood transfusion practices in blood banks of Karachi, Pakistan

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Kassi, M ^a   Afghan, A K ^a   Khanani, M R ^b   Khan, I A ^a   Ali, S H ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood bank; Pakistan; Safe blood transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DONOR SELECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SYPHILIS;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 78650798579     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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