As infectious complications from blood transfusion have decreased because of improved
donor questionnaires and sophisticated infectious disease blood screening, noninfectious …

After reviewing the relative frequency of the causes of allogeneic blood transfusion-related
mortality in the United States today, we present 6 possible strategies for further reducing …

Background: Increasing data suggest that error in medicine is frequent and results in
substantial harm. The recent Institute of Medicine report (LT Kohn, JM Corrigan, MS …

BACKGROUND: Half of the reported serious adverse events from transfusion are a
consequence of medical error. A no‐fault medical‐event reporting system for transfusion …

A hemolytic transfusion reaction (HTR) is destruction of red cells due to immunologic
incompatibility between the donor and recipient. While current stringent compatibility testing …

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Scand J Caring Sci; 2010; 24; 581–591 Blood sample collection and patient identification
demand improvement: a questionnaire study of preanalytical practices in hospital wards and …

Objective. To evaluate the use of an electronic barcode system for patient identification
during blood transfusion. Design. Retrospective study. Setting. Regional hospital, Hong …

BACKGROUND In Canada, transfusion‐related errors are voluntarily reported to a tracking
system with the goal to systematically improve transfusion safety. This report provides an …

To detect miscollected (wrong blood in tube [WBIT]) samples, our institution requires a
second independently drawn sample (check-type [CT]) on previously untyped, non–group O …