How appropriately is blood ordered in a rural hospital?

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-82

  Cheng, Daryl R ^a   Bajraszewski, Clare ^b   Verma, Kunal P ^b   Wolff, Alan M ^c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Wimmera Health Care Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Packed red blood cell; Rural; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873128191     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: 18781683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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