Serious hazards of transfusion – conference report: celebration of 20 years of UK haemovigilance

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 393-400

  Bolton Maggs, P H B ^a  

^a Serious Hazards of Transfusion   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

checklist; haemovigilance; serious adverse events; serious adverse reactions; SHOT

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHECKLIST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DONOR; HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY; MENTAL HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; HISTORY; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BLOOD SAFETY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; TRANSFUSION REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85039148685     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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