title: Automation in blood banking.
abstract: During the past decade, automation took a major place in blood transfusion laboratories. Now many centers have purchased automated equipment and subsequently undertaken the computerization of their activities. The aim of this paper is to review the state of the art in the field of automation and to try to estimate future tendencies.
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D000094902:Blood Banking / Q000379:methods*; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D006801:Humans