Bone marrow transplantation unit indicator
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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| METEOR identifier: | 619689 |
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| Definition: | An indicator of the existence of a facility dedicated to bone marrow transplantation. Bone marrow is removed from the donor by aspiration and infused intravenously into the recipient, to stimulate production of normal blood cells. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Reference documents: | Harris P, Nagy S & Vardaxis N 2010. Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions. 2nd Australian and New Zealand edn. Elsevier Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
| Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Establishment—bone marrow transplantation unit indicator
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