How to influence clinicians' use of blood - improving the transfusion practice in hospitals

Practical Transfusion Medicine: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 522-529

  Stanworth, Simon J ^a   Francis, J J ^b   Eccles, M P ^c   Hyde, Chris J ^a   Murphy, Michael F ^a,d   Tinmouth, Alan T ^e,f  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appropriate use of blood; Haemoglobin, platelet count or standard coagulation tests laboratory measures; Interview based survey; Organisational interventions; Transfusion in critical care (TRICC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890259552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311761.ch48     Document Type: Chapter

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