Time-based analysis of the apheresis platelet supply chain in England

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-249

  Wilding, R ^a   Cotton, S ^b   Dobbin, J ^b   Chapman, J ^c   Yates, N ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Blood Stocks Management Scheme   (United Kingdom)

^c International Society of Blood Transfusion   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Platelets; Supply chain; Time based process mapping

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHELF LIFE; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

BLOOD PLATELETS; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELETPHERESIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 80052923018     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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