Salvage of red blood cell units using remote electronic blood issue system in operation theater: A pilot study from India
Introduction: Anesthetists procure pre-defined number of blood units in advance for surgical patients for ‘just-in-case’ scenarios. This often results in non-usage and discarding of blood units. Blood bank discards blood units returned from operation theatre due to disruption of cold chain. In an ef...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Series: | Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.gjtmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2468-8398;year=2018;volume=3;issue=2;spage=132;epage=135;aulast=Tiwari |