How we closed the gap between red blood cell utilization and whole blood collections in our institution

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1857-1867

  Marques, Marisa B ^a,b   Polhill, Sherry R ^a,b   Waldrum, Michael R ^a,b   Johnson, James E ^a,b   Timpa, Joseph ^a,b   Patterson, Anthony ^a,b   Salzman, Donna ^a,b  

^a Hospital Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSULTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ALABAMA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS;

EID: 84865760343     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03453.x     Document Type: Article

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