01678pamaa2200253 4500 0000049920 20121206090000.0 120116 eng 9781444337051 (pbk.) RM171 MCC 2012 McCullough Transfusion medicine Jeffrey McCullough. 3rd ed. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. viii, 597 p.: ill.; 23 cm. BMLTI Includes bibliographical references and index History -- The blood supply -- Recruitment of blood donors -- Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection -- Preparation, storage, and characteristics of blood components and plasma derivatives -- Autologous blood donation and transfusion -- Production of components by apheresis -- Laboratory testing of donated blood -- Blood groups -- Laboratory detection of blood groups and provision of red cells -- Clinical uses of blood components -- Transfusion therapy in specific clinical situations -- Techniques of blood transfusion -- Complications of transfusion -- Transfusion-transmitted diseases -- The HLA system in transfusion medicine and transplantation / S. Yoon Choo -- Hematopoietic growth factors in transfusion medicine -- Cellular engineering for the production of new blood components -- Therapeutic apheresis -- Quality programs in blood banking and transfusion medicine Blood -- Transfusion Blood Transfusion Blood Banks -- organization & administration Blood Donors Blood Group Antigens http://www.elsevierhealth.com