Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices
Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices
Editor/Author
Harmening, Denise M.
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: F.A.Davis Company
Single-User Purchase Price:
$140.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
Not Available
ISBN: 978-0-80-366888-1
Category: Health & Medicine - Medicine
Image Count:
221
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Join the generations of students who have embarked on successful careers with a firm foundation in the theory and practice of blood banking and transfusion practices. Denise Harmening's classic text teaches you not only how to perform must-know tests and tasks, but to understand the scientific principles behind them.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Part I: Fundamental Concepts
- 1. Red Blood Cell and Platelet Preservation: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
- 2. Basic Genetics
- 3. Fundamentals of Immunology
- 4. Concepts in Molecular Biology
- Part II: Blood Groups and Serologic Testing
- 5. The Antiglobulin Test
- 6. The ABO Blood Group System
- 7. The Rh Blood Group System
- 8. Blood Group Terminology and Common Blood Groups: The Lewis, P, I, MNS, Kell, Duffy, Kidd, and Lutheran
- 9. Uncommon Blood Groups
- 10. Detection and Identification of Antibodies
- 11. Pretransfusion Testing
- 12. Blood Bank Testing Technologies and Automation
- Part III: Transfusion Practices
- 13. Donor Selection
- 14. Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases
- 15. Component Preparation
- 16. Transfusion Therapy
- 17. Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion
- 18. Apheresis
- 19. Cellular Therapy in the Hematopoietic Transplant Setting
- 20. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN)
- 21. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias
- 22. Tissue Banking as a Part of the Transfusion Service
- Part IV: Leukocyte Antigens and Relationship Testing
- 23. The HLA System
- 24. Relationship Testing
- Part V: Quality Management and Compliance
- 25. Quality Management in the Blood Bank
- 26. Patient Blood Management
- 27. Transfusion Safety and Federal Regulatory Requirements
- 28. Laboratory Information Systems in the Blood Bank
- 29. Medicolegal and Ethical Aspects of Providing Blood Collection and Transfusion Services
- Answer Key
- Glossary