'True Blood' The Critical Care Story: An audit of blood sampling practice across three adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care settings

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 90-95

  Ullman, Amanda J ^a,b   Keogh, Samantha ^a,b   Coyer, Fiona ^b,c   Long, Deborah A ^a,d   New, Karen ^b,e   Rickard, Claire M ^a,b,f  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood conservation strategies; Blood specimen collection; Critical care; Evidence based nursing; Nursing research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUEENSLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84933555914     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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