| Description |
xiv, 543 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Red cell and platelet preservation: historical perspectives, review of metabolism, and current trends -- Basic genetics for blood bankers -- Fundamentals of immunology for blood bankers -- Concepts in molecular biology -- The antiglobulin test -- The ABO blood group system -- The RH blood group system -- The Lewis system and the biological significance -- Other major blood group systems -- The red cell surface antigen terminology and miscellaneous blood groups donor screening and component preparation -- Donor screening and component preparation -- Detection and identification of antibodies -- Pretransfusion compatibility testing -- Orientation to the modern blood bank laboratory -- Alternative technologies and automation in routine blood bank testing -- Transfusion therapy and transfusion in transplantation -- Apheresis -- Adverse effects of blood transfusion -- Transfusion-transmitted diseases -- Hemolytic disease of the newborn and fetus -- Autoimmune hemolytic anemias -- The HLA system -- Parentage testing -- Quality management in the blood bank -- Transfusion safety and federal regulatory requirements -- Informational systems in the blood bank -- Medicolegal and ethical aspects of providing blood collection and transfusion services |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Blood banks.
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Blood -- Transfusion.
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Immunohematology.
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Blood Banks -- methods.
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Blood Grouping and Crossmatching.
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Blood Transfusion -- methods.
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| Author |
Harmening, Denise.
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| LC no. |
2004020021 |
| ISBN |
0803612486 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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