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Publications about MERS-TM:

Kaplan HS, Callum JL, Rabin Fastman B, Merkley LL. The Medical Event Reporting System for Transfusion Medicine (MERS-TM): Will it help us get the right blood to the right patient? Transfusion Medicine Reviews. Vol 16, No 2 (April), 2002: pp 86-102

Callum JL, Kaplan HS, Merkley LL, Pinkerton PH, Rabin Fastman B, Romans RA, Coovadia AS, Reis MD. Reporting of near-miss events for transfusion medicine: improving transfusion safety. Transfusion 2001;41:1204-11

Callum JL, Kaplan HS, Merkley LL, Rabin Fastman B, Romans R, Coovadia AS, Reis MD. Near-miss event reporting for transfusion medicine: will it help us get the right blood to the right patient? (abstract) Transfusion 2001; 41(suppl):27S 

Schreiber GB, King MR, Kaplan HS, Nieva V, Sorra J, Chang DN, Rabin Fastman B. Error reporting in hospital transfusion medicine services: a status report (abstract) Transfusion 2001; 41(suppl):15S

Kaplan, H.S., Battles, J.B., Van der Schaaf, T.W., Shea, C.E., and Mercer, S.Q. (1998). Identification and classification of the causes of events in transfusion medicine. Transfusion, Vol. 38, November/December, pp. 1071-1081.

Battles JB, Kaplan HS, van der Schaaf TW, Shea CE. The Attributes of Medical Event Reporting Systems: Experience With a Prototype Medical Event Reporting System for Transfusion Medicine. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1998;.

Other relevant articles:

Battles JB, Shea CE. A System of Analyzing Medical Errors to Improve GME Curricula and Programs. Acad. Med. 2001;76:

Barach P, Small SD. Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems. BMJ 2000;.

Leape LL, Woods DD, Hatlie MJ, Kizer KW, Schroeder SA, Lundberg GD. Promoting Patient Safety by Preventing Medical Error (editorial). JAMA 1998;.

Leape LL. Error in Medicine. JAMA 1994;.

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American Association of Blood Blanks
National Patient Safety Foundation
US Food and Drug Administration
VA National Center for Patient Safety

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