The safety of the blood supply-time to raise the bar

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 882-

  Jacobs, Michael R ^a   Lazarus, Hillard M ^a   Maitta, Robert W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAFETY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; PATHOGEN REDUCTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84940539917     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1507761     Document Type: Letter

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