| Description |
1 online resource (614 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Impact of blood donor screening procedures on transfusion safety -- Ch. 2. Hemolytic transfusion reactions -- Ch. 3. Other reactions and alloimmunization -- Ch. 4. Managing error for system improvement -- Ch. 5. Graft-versus-host disease -- Ch. 6. Transfusion-related acute lung injury -- Ch. 7. Clinical effects of the immunomodulation associated with allogeneic blood transfusions -- Ch. 8. Overview of infectious disease -- Ch. 9. Blood donor screening and supplemental testing: principles, procedures, and consequences -- Ch. 10. Bacterial contamination -- Ch. 11. HIV and blood transfusion -- Ch. 12. Hepatitis viruses and blood transfusion -- Ch. 13. Human T-cell leukemia virus -- Ch. 14. Transfusion-acquired cytomegalovirus infection: approaching resolution -- Ch. 15. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, other human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and transfusion of blood and blood products -- Ch. 16. The protozoan parasites-malaria and Chagas' Disease -- Ch. 17. Tickborne infections -- Ch. 18. Surveillance for transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases -- Ch. 19. Alternatives to allogeneic blood and strategies to avoid transfusion --Ch. 20. Leukoreduction -- Ch. 21. Viral inactivation -- Ch. 22. The role of quality in blood safety -- Ch. 23. Cost-effectiveness analysis of risk-reduction strategies -- Ch. 24. Red blood cell substitutes -- Ch. 25. Professional standards and voluntary accreditation -- Ch. 26. The role of federal regulation in blood safety |
| Summary |
Compiling a breadth of information on the reactions, immunological complications, and potential for disease transmission related to blood transfusions, this volume also considers the human immunodeficiency, hepatitis and human T-lymphotropic viruses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Blood -- Transfusion -- Safety measures
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Transfusion Reaction
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Safety Management
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Blood -- Transfusion -- Safety measures.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Linden, Jeanne V
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Bianco, Celso
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| ISBN |
0585419183 |
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9780585419183 |
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082474523X |
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9780824745233 |
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9780824702632 |
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0824702638 |
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0203908244 |
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9780203908242 |
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