Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac surgery

Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac surgery

Abstract Background The past half century has seen the near eradication of transfusion-associated hazards. Intraoperative cell salvage while widely used still poses significant risks and hazards due to human error. We report on a case in which blood collected from a patient with lung cancer was mist...

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Main Authors: Masashi Uramatsu, Hideyuki Maeda, Shiro Mishima, Megumi Takahashi, Jun Wada, Kagehiro Amano, Paul Barach, Tamotsu Miki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Patient safety
Root cause analysis
Human factors
Autologous-salvaged blood
Transfusion
Wrong patient
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-01931-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-01931-6

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