Blood Transfusion in a Global Context

Practical Transfusion Medicine: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 251-261

  Roberts, David ^a,b   Allain, Jean Pierre ^c,d   Kitchen, Alan D ^c,e   Field, Stephen ^f   Bates, Imelda ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e National Transfusion Microbiology Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^f Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct morbidity; Iatrogenic infections; Life saving transfusions; Life threatening anaemia; Local blood transfusion services; Nucleic acid testing; Recruitment of voluntary non remunerated donors; Testing and storage of donor blood; Therapeutic commodity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890258109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311761.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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