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Modern blood banking and transfusion practices

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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. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Publisher

Philadelphia : : F.A. Davis,., 2005

Collation

xiv, 543 p. :ill. (some col.) ;29 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0803612486 (hardcove

Edition

5th ed.

Subject(s)

Blood
Blood banks.
Blood Transfusion
Blood Banks
Immunohematology.
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching.

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[edited by] Denise M. Harmening.

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