'Wrong blood in tube': Solutions for a persistent problem

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-302

  Ansari, S ^a   Szallasi, A ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Check type with second specimen; Wrong blood in tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT LABELING;

EID: 79952524797     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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