title: A nursing contribution to research issues in blood transfusion.
abstract: Research nurses at the National Blood Service are working on projects as diverse as identification barcodes, a national profile of blood recipients and pre-operative transfusion in sickle cell disease.
authors.affiliation: National Blood Service, Oxford Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ballard
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000451:nursing*; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy