Variant title |
Modern blood banking and transfusion practices. |
Contents |
Red blood cell and platelet preservation: historical perspectives and current trends -- Basic genetics -- Fundamentals of immunology -- Concepts in molecular biology -- The antiglobulin test -- The ABO blood group system -- The Rh blood group system -- Blood group terminology and the other blood groups -- Detection and identification of antibodies -- Pretransfusion testing -- Overview of the routine blood bank laboratory -- Other technologies and automation -- Donor screening and component preparation -- Apheresis -- Transfusion therapy -- Adverse effects of blood transfusion -- Cellular therapy -- Transfusion-transmitted diseases -- Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) -- Autoimmune hemolytic anemias -- The HLA system -- Relationship testing -- Quality management -- Utilization management -- Transfusion safety and federal regulatory requirements -- Laboratory information systems -- Medicolegal and ethical aspects of providing blood collection and transfusion services -- Tissue banking: a new role for the transfusion service. |
General note | Rev. ed. of: Modern blood banking and transfusion practices / [edited by] Denise M. Harmening. c2005. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Other title |
Modern blood banking and transfusion practices. |
LCCN | 2011047863 |
ISBN | 9780803626829 |
ISBN | 0803626827 |