Blood transfusion practice: A nationwide survey in Italy

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-435

  Verlicchi, Franco ^a   Facco, Giuseppina ^a   Macrì, Michela ^b   Antoncecchi, Stefano ^c   Bonomo, Pietro ^d  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Unit of Transfusion Medicine of Monopoli   (Italy)

^d Transfusion Service of Ragusa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Blood release; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054961003     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2011.0023-10     Document Type: Article

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