Blood wastage reduction: A 10-year observational evaluation in a large teaching institution in France

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 250-255

  Zoric, Lana ^a,b   Daurat, Gerald ^d   Demattei, Christophe ^c   Macheboeuf, Martine ^a,b   Boisson, Christophe ^a,b   Bouix, Olivier ^e   Gris, Jean C ^a   Ripart, Jacques ^a,b   Cuvillon, Philippe ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b Montpellier University   (France)

^c NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d French Health Regional Centre National Transfusion Committee   (France)

^e Etablissement Français Sang Pyrénées Mé Diterrannée GHU Carémeau   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD WASTAGE REDUCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION STUDY; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FRANCE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879080342     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835fadcf     Document Type: Article

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