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Blood transfusion

C Atterbury1, J Wilkinson

  • 1Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn.

Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|April 27, 2002
PubMed

Blood transfusion is a potentially dangerous treatment in which adverse reactions are rare but can be fatal. This article introduces recently published national guidelines for the care of recipients of a blood transfusion (BCSH 1999) and focuses in particular on the responsibilities of nurses and midwives.

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