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Use of an electronic barcode system for patient identification during blood transfusion: 3-year experience in a regional hospital.

Joyce Chan, Raymond Chu, Betty W Young, Frederick H. F. Chan, CP Chow, Wai‐Man Pang, Charlotte Cheuk Kwan Chan, S H Yeung, Py Chow, J. Lau,

PubMed · 2004 · 51 citations · 6 references

Abstract

The electronic barcode system was effective in reducing human error related to bedside transfusion procedures. The future goal is to tailor-make a more efficient device with additional functions.

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Wristband identification error reporting in 712 hospitals. A College of American Pathologists' Q-Probes study of quality issues in transfusion practice.

Stephen W. Renner, Peter J. Howanitz, Paul Bachner · PubMed · 1993 · 104 citations

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Errors in blood transfusion in Britain: survey of hospital haematology departments

D. B. L. McClelland, P. Phillips · BMJ · 1994 · 102 citations

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An automated system for bedside verification of the match between patient identification and blood unit identification

Niels Juul Jensen, John T. Crosson · Transfusion · 1996 · 72 citations

Improvement in transfusion safety using a new blood unit and patient identification system as part of safe transfusion practice

Barry Wenz, E. Robert Burns · Transfusion · 1991 · 70 citations

A cost‐effectiveness analysis of the use of a mechanical barrier system to reduce the risk of mistransfusion

James P. AuBuchon, Benjamin Littenberg · Transfusion · 1996 · 57 citations