The Role of Leucocyte Depletion in Blood Transfusion Practice

The role of leucocyte depletion in blood tranfusion practice - an introduction; leucocyte-depleted blood components prevent primary HLA-immunization in the majority of patients receiving multiple blood tranfusions; prevention of non-Haemolytic tranfusion reactions by a simple, effective and economcial procedure; Platelet tranfusion - the problem of refactoriness; leucocyte-depleted blood products and their clinical usefulness; advanced methods for leucocyte removal by blood filtration; blood centre implications of leucocyte depletion by filtration; tranfusion of leucocyte-depleted blood by bedside filtration - use of a sterile-connecting device to prepare leucocyte-poor filtered red cells in a closed system; improvement of the leucocyte depletion by routine production of buffycoat-poor red cells using a standardized procedure; filtration of blood from donors with HbAS - an unexpected problem; leucocyte-depleted red cell suspensions.