Modern blood banking & transfusion practices /
Harmening, Denise
Modern blood banking & transfusion practices / Denise Harmening - Sixth edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : F. A. Davis Company, c2012 - xvi, 648 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
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
Thoroughly revised and updated, the 6th Edition of this text continues to developing a comprehensive understanding of modern routine blood banking and transfusion practices. Building from a review of the basic sciences to the how and why of clinical practice, this text is the ideal guide to immunohematology and transfusion practices.
9780803626829
BLOOD BANKS
RM 172 .H37 2012
Modern blood banking & transfusion practices / Denise Harmening - Sixth edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : F. A. Davis Company, c2012 - xvi, 648 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
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
Thoroughly revised and updated, the 6th Edition of this text continues to developing a comprehensive understanding of modern routine blood banking and transfusion practices. Building from a review of the basic sciences to the how and why of clinical practice, this text is the ideal guide to immunohematology and transfusion practices.
9780803626829
BLOOD BANKS
RM 172 .H37 2012