Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices

Blood preservation - historical perspectives, review of metabolism and current trends; classic genetics; fundamentals of immunology for blood bankers; the antiglobulin test; the ABO blood group system; the Rh blood group system; the Lewis system; other major blood group systems; the red cell surface antigen terminology and otehr blood group systems and antigens; donor selection and component preparation; detection and identification of antibodies; compatability testing; orientation to the routine blood bank laboratory; transfusion safety and federal regualatory requirements; quality in blood banking; transfusion therapy; apheresis; adverse effects of blood transfusion; transfusion-transmitted viruses; haemolytic disease of the newborn and foetus; autoimmunie haemolytic anaemias; polyagglutination; the HLA system; parentage testing; informational systems in the blood bank; medicolegal and ethical aspects of providing transfusion services; alternative technologies in routine blood bank testing.