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Healthcare institutions in the United States must have a quality assessment and improvement program that includes monitoring of transfusion practices and adverse outcomes. Solve it!

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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Gur, H.D., Hilbert, T. (2023). Chairman of the Board. In: Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14638-1_43

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