Blood collection staff education in the prevention of venepuncture failures and donor adverse reactions: From inexperienced to skilful staff

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 338-339

  Vuk, Tomislav ^a   Cipek, Vladimir ^a   Jukić, Irena ^a  

^a CROATIAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LETTER; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVENTION; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VEIN PUNCTURE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

BLOOD DONORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84927510362     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2014.0216-14     Document Type: Letter

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