@article{958883,
      recid = {958883},
      author = {Ajmani, Pritam Singh,},
      title = {Immunohematology and blood banking : principles and  practice /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxiii, 208 pages) :},
      abstract = {The book covers the basics of genetics and immunology,  technical aspects of blood banking and transfusion.It  offers a concise, and practical approach for different  blood tests and guidelines on the best ways to take donor  history, screen donors, store blood components, ensure  safety, and anticipate the potentially adverse effects of  blood transfusion, components and its management at the  bedside. Different chapters include important topics such  as collection, storage and transportation of blood,  introduction to blood transfusion, blood group serology,  discovery of blood groups, donor selection, interview, and  its preparation, and storage, pretransfusion testing,  transfusion therapy, clinical considerations, and safety,  quality assurance, and data management developed  specifically for medical technologists and resident  doctors. The book also goes beyond preoperative patient  blood management, with detailed accounts of coagulation  disorder management and the administration of coagulation  products and platelet concentrates. The book also defines  the components of a learning health system necessary to  enable continued improvement in trauma care in both the  civilian and the military sectors. This book offers a  succinct and user-friendly resource with key points, boxes,  tables & charts and is a quick reference guide for  pathology and transfusion medicine residents and doctors in  blood centers and hospitals dealing with regulatory  aspects, transfusion safety, production and storage and  donor care.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/958883},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8435-0},
}