Blood ordering from the operating room: Turnaround time as a quality indicator

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  McClain, Colt M ^a,b   Hughes, Jonathan ^a,b   Andrews, Jennifer C ^a   Blackburn, Jennifer ^a   Sephel, Stephanie ^a   France, Dan ^a   Viele, Maurene ^a   Goodnough, Lawrence T ^a,c   Young, Pampee P ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; TURNAROUND TIME;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872270818     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03670.x     Document Type: Article

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