Challenges and opportunities to prevent transfusion errors: a Qualitative Evaluation for Safer Transfusion (QUEST).

BACKGROUND: One of the most frequent causes of transfusion-associated morbidity or mortality is the transfusion of the wrong blood to the wrong patient. This problem persists in spite of the incorporation of numerous procedures into the pretransfusion checking process in an effort to improve patient...

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Main Authors: Heddle, N, Fung, M, Hervig, T, Szczepiorkowski, Z, Torretta, L, Arnold, E, Lane, S, Murphy, M, BEST Collaborative
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012