Transfusion errors: causes, incidence, and strategies for prevention.

Nuttall, Gregory A; Stubbs, James R; Oliver, William C

Nuttall, Gregory A; Stubbs, James R; Oliver, William C.

Afiliação

Nuttall GA; aDepartment of Anesthesiology bDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Curr Opin Anaesthesiol ; 27(6): 657-9, 2014 Dec.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25254574

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Miss-transfusion of blood has become one of the leading causes of death related to blood transfusion. New technology is able to better prevent miss-transfusions than older methods. RECENT

FINDINGS:

New computer-based technology is available and is very effective in preventing miss-transfusion of blood.

SUMMARY:

Humans make errors. New technology can prevent those errors.

Assuntos

Erros Médicos/prevenção & controle; Erros Médicos/estatística & dados numéricos; Gestão de Riscos/métodos; Reação Transfusional; Humanos; Incidência

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Gestão de Riscos / Erros Médicos / Reação Transfusional Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Curr Opin Anaesthesiol Assunto da revista: ANESTESIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

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