Hemovigilance : an effective tool for improving transfusion safety /

* Hemovigilance is a "quality process" which aims to improve quality and increase safety of blood transfusion, by surveying all activities of the blood transfusion chain, from donors to recipients. Hemovigilance programmes have now been in existence for over 15 years, but many countries an...

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Other Authors: Vries, René R. P. de, Faber, Jean-Claude
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:* Hemovigilance is a "quality process" which aims to improve quality and increase safety of blood transfusion, by surveying all activities of the blood transfusion chain, from donors to recipients. Hemovigilance programmes have now been in existence for over 15 years, but many countries and centers are still at the development stage. This valuable resource brings together the main elements of such programmes and shows the different types of models available. A general introduction includes Chapters on hemovigilance as a quality tool for transfusion as well as concepts of and models for hemovigi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 380 pages :) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118338179
1118338170
9781118338063
0470655275
9780470655276
9781283542449
1283542447
1118338065
DOI:10.1002/9781118338179