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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Infection Control > Blood Safety
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... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Infection Control > Blood Safety
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Tissue Preservation > Blood Preservation > Blood Safety
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Tissue Preservation > Blood Preservation > Blood Safety
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Tissue Preservation > Blood Preservation > Blood Safety
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Tissue Preservation > Blood Preservation > Blood Safety
Investigative Techniques > Preservation, Biological > Tissue Preservation > Blood Preservation > Blood Safety
Therapeutics > Preservation, Biological > Tissue Preservation > Blood Preservation > Blood Safety

Preferred term

Blood Safety  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The degree to which the blood supply for BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS is free of harmful substances or infectious agents, and properly typed and crossmatched (BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING) to insure serological compatibility between BLOOD DONORS and recipients. Activities involved in ensuring the safety of the blood for BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS including collecting information on BLOOD DONORS and recipients, collection, testing, and storage of the blood.

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Entry terms

  • Blood Supply Safety

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Sécurité transfusionnelle

    French

  • Sécurité des réserves de sang
  • Sécurité des transfusions sanguines
  • Sécurité du sang
  • Sécurité sanguine

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PPBTLSMJ-X

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