Quality management in the transfusion service: Case studies in process improvement

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 600-609

  Goodnough, Lawrence Tim ^a   Viele, Maurene ^a   Fontaine, Magali ^a   Chua, Lee ^a   Ferrer, Zenaida ^a   Jurado, Christine ^a   Quach, Peter ^a   Dunlap, Marsha ^a   Arber, Daniel A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; WORKFLOW;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 79952461801     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02857.x     Document Type: Article

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