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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Main Authors: Aseem K Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Devi Prasad Acharya, Dinesh Arora, Gunjan Bhardwaj, Divya Setya, Vijay Vohra, Arvinder S Soin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
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