TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harmening,Denise
TI  - Modern blood banking & transfusion practices 
SN  - 9780803612488
AV  - RM172 .M62 2012
U1  - 615/.39 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Philadelphia 
PB  - F.A. Davis
KW  - Blood banks
KW  - Blood
KW  - Transfusion
KW  - Blood Banks
KW  - methods
KW  - Blood Transfusion
KW  - Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
KW  - fast
N1  - Revised edition of: Modern blood banking and transfusion practices / [edited by] Denise M. Harmening. c2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Red blood cell and platelet preservation: historical perspectives and current trends -- Basic genetics -- Fundamentals of immunology -- Concepts in molecular biology -- The antiglobulin test -- The ABO blood group system -- The Rh blood group system -- Blood group terminology and the other blood groups -- Detection and identification of antibodies -- Pretransfusion testing -- Overview of the routine blood bank laboratory -- Other technologies and automation -- Donor screening and component preparation -- Apheresis -- Transfusion therapy -- Adverse effects of blood transfusion -- Cellular therapy -- Transfusion-transmitted diseases -- Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) -- Autoimmune hemolytic anemias -- The HLA system -- Relationship testing -- Quality management -- Utilization management -- Transfusion safety and federal regulatory requirements -- Laboratory information systems -- Medicolegal and ethical aspects of providing blood collection and transfusion services -- Tissue banking: a new role for the transfusion service
N2  - Thoroughly revised and updated, the 6th Edition of this text continues to developing a comprehensive understanding of modern routine blood banking and transfusion practices. Building from a review of the basic sciences to the how and why of clinical practice, this text is the ideal guide to immunohematology and transfusion practices
ER  -