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 "Antigen-Antibody Characteristic Chart" for eight different antigen systems on lining pages front and back.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Red cell and platelet preservation: historical perspectives, review of metabolism, and current trends; title: Basic genetics for blood bankers; title: Fundamentals of immunology for blood bankers; title: Concepts in molecular biology; title: The antiglobulin test; title: The ABO blood group system; title: The RH blood group system; title: The Lewis system and the biological significance; title: Other major blood group systems; title: The red cell surface antigen terminology and miscellaneous blood groups donor screening and component preparation; title: Donor screening and component preparation; title: Detection and identification of antibodies; title: Pretransfusion compatibility testing; title: Orientation to the modern blood bank laboratory; title: Alternative technologies and automation in routine blood bank testing; title: Transfusion therapy and transfusion in transplantation; title: Apheresis; title: Adverse effects of blood transfusion; title: Transfusion-transmitted diseases; title: Hemolytic disease of the newborn and fetus; title: Autoimmune hemolytic anemias; title: The HLA system; title: Parentage testing; title: Quality management in the blood bank; title: Transfusion safety and federal regulatory requirements; title: Informational systems in the blood bank; title: Medicolegal and ethical aspects of providing blood collection and transfusion services.