Incomplete pretransfusion testing leads to surgical delays

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2139-2144

  McWilliams, Brian ^a   Yazer, Mark H ^a   Cramer, James ^a   Triulzi, Darrell J ^a   Waters, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; PRETRANSFUSION TESTING; SURGERY; THERAPY DELAY;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD SALVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84868303230     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03568.x     Document Type: Article

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