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1Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. watersj@cesmtp.ccf.org
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|December 1, 2001
Abstract
Implications:
Two case reports illustrate errors that can occur during intraoperative red blood cell salvage and emphasize the need for standardized procedures and quality improvement processes for this intervention.
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