title: Transfusion errors: causes, incidence, and strategies for prevention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Miss-transfusion of blood has become one of the leading causes of death related to blood transfusion. New technology is able to better prevent miss-transfusions than older methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  New computer-based technology is available and is very effective in preventing miss-transfusion of blood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Humans make errors. New technology can prevent those errors.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Anesthesiology bDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Nuttall
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stubbs
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction