TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harmening,Denise
TI  - Modern blood banking and transfusion practices
SN  - 0803612486 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - RM172 .M62 2005
U1  - 615/.39 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - F.A. Davis
KW  - Blood banks
KW  - Blood
KW  - Transfusion
KW  - Immunohematology
KW  - Blood Banks
KW  - methods
KW  - Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
KW  - Blood Transfusion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004020021.html
ER  -