Machine Readable Labels in the Blood Transfusion Service

Utilization management in the blood transfusion service.

The scope of activity of the Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) makes it unique among the clinical laboratories. The combination of therapeutic and diagnostic roles necessitates a multi-faceted approach to utilization management in the BTS. We present our experience in utilization management in large academic medical center.

The Blood Transfusion Service and Blood Banks in India

The blood transfusion service and the National Health Service.

In 1974 the Medical Research Council's blood transfusion research committee expressed its concern at the continued inability of the UK transfusion services to meet the blood product needs of patients with haemophilia.' This view was reiterated in 1977 by Dr Rosemary Biggs, on behalf of the haemophilia centre directors, and concern was also expressed at the predicted rapid rise in demand, the hi...

Machine-Readable Dictionaries

The papers in this panel consider machine-readable dictionaries from several perspectives: research in computational linguistics and computational lexicology, the development of tools for improving accessibility, the design of lexical reference systems for educational purposes, and applications of machine-readable dictionaries in information science contexts. As background and by way of introdu...

Machine-Readable Dictionary Headwords

(5) The idea behind dictionaries for machine processing and that behind dictionaries that people can thumb through are di erent, so we have to be aware that di erent terms are used. It is often best to include in machine dictionaries even terms that are easy for people to understand and to break down into their key elements. For example, :n6HCf (on duty, at work) and F17nKv (the end of the same...