Transfusion Medicine: Quo Vadis? What Has Been Achieved, What Is to Be Expected

I. Blood Supply Systems and Organisation.- Blood Transfusion: Quo Vadis? Customer Orientation as the Leading Principal for Blood Banks in the Future.- Community Involvement: The Development, the Past – the Present and the Future of Blood Donations as a Form of Community Involvement.- Structure and Commitments – Blood Supply Systems and Organization.- Applying Decision Analysis to Transfusion Medicine in the Real World to Improve Transfusion Safety.- Cost-Effectiveness of HIV NAT Screening for Dutch Donors.- Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Blood Transfusion.- Discussion.- II. Technical and Pharmaceutical Developments.- Freezing and Vitrification of Red Cells, Recollections and Predictions.- Plasma Fractionation.- Inactivation of Viruses, Bacteria, Protozoa, and Leukocytes in Labile Blood Components by Using Nucleic Acid Targeted Methods.- Alternatives to Human Blood Resources.- Discussion.- III. Quality Principles and Risk Management.- Quality Systems and Management: 2000 Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?.- Traceability and Coding Principles.- Quality Principles and Risk Management: Automation and Documentation.- Haemovigilance.- Human Resources: Teaching and Training in Transfusion Medicine.- Discussion.- IV. Transfusion Medicine at the Bedside.- The Epidemiology of Blood Component Transfusion in South Eastern Scotland, 1990 to 1997.- Contributions of Meta-Analysis to Transfusion Medicine.- Immunomodulation: Facts and Interpretations.- Development and Implementation of New Cellular Therapies.- Transfusion Medicine and the Development of Gene Therapy.- Making Policy in the 2000s.- Discussion.