Going for gold: Blood planning for the London 2012 Olympic Games

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 145-153

  Glasgow, S M ^a   Allard, S ^b,c   Rackham, R ^c   Doughty, H ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood modelling; Blood provision; Major event health care planning; Transfusion contingency planning

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER MODEL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPORTING EVENT; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; HISTORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LONDON; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84901610597     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12116     Document Type: Review

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