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haemostasis

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haemostasis

Natural or surgical stoppage of bleeding. In the natural mechanism, the damaged vessel contracts, restricting the flow, and blood platelets plug the opening, releasing chemicals essential to clotting.


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Best Practice in Transfusion Specimen Labelling: Declaration of positive patient identification, Conference Paper, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australia and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion, Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Sydney, 2005.
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