TY - BOOK AU - McCullough,Jeffrey J. TI - Transfusion medicine SN - 9781444337051 (pbk.) U1 - 615.39 PY - 2012/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, UK PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Blood KW - Transfusion N1 - 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 ER -