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Modern blood banking & transfusion practices / Denise Harmening

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : F. A. Davis Company, c2012Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xvi, 648 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780803626829
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RM 172 .H37 2012
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

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