Modern blood banking and transfusion practices
By: [edited by] Denise M. Harmening.
Contributors: Harmening, Denise.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Blood banks.; Blood -- Transfusion.; Immunohematology.; Blood Banks -- methods.; Blood Grouping and Crossmatching.; Blood Transfusion -- methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Red cell and platelet preservation: historical perspectives, review of metabolism, and current trends; value: Basic genetics for blood bankers; value: Fundamentals of immunology for blood bankers; value: Concepts in molecular biology; value: The antiglobulin test; value: The ABO blood group system; value: The RH blood group system; value: The Lewis system and the biological significance; value: Other major blood group systems; value: The red cell surface antigen terminology and miscellaneous blood groups donor screening and component preparation; value: Donor screening and component preparation; value: Detection and identification of antibodies; value: Pretransfusion compatibility testing; value: Orientation to the modern blood bank laboratory; value: Alternative technologies and automation in routine blood bank testing; value: Transfusion therapy and transfusion in transplantation; value: Apheresis; value: Adverse effects of blood transfusion; value: Transfusion-transmitted diseases; value: Hemolytic disease of the newborn and fetus; value: Autoimmune hemolytic anemias; value: The HLA system; value: Parentage testing; value: Quality management in the blood bank; value: Transfusion safety and federal regulatory requirements; value: Informational systems in the blood bank; value: Medicolegal and ethical aspects of providing blood collection and transfusion services.