Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) haemovigilance and progress is improving transfusion safety

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-314

  Bolton Maggs, Paula H B ^a   Cohen, Hannah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemovigilance; Serious Hazards of Transfusion; Transfusion errors; Transfusion reactions; Transfusion safety

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SELECTION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTTRANSFUSION PURPURA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD; TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HAEMOVIGILANCE; SERIOUS HAZARDS OF TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION ERRORS; TRANSFUSION REACTIONS; TRANSFUSION SAFETY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL AND HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MANDATORY REPORTING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84885419540     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12547     Document Type: Review

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