History
The blood supply
Recruitment of blood donors
Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection
Blood donor medical assessment and blood collection
Patient blood management
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
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.