Das Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking bietet mit seinem praxisorientierten Ansatz jedem Veterinärmediziner evidenzbasierte Leitlinien für die klinische Praxis. - Liefert evidenzbasierte Informationen zu Verfahren in der Transfusionsmedizin und bei Blutbanken. - Umfasst Kapitel zum Screening von Transfusionsempfängern, zur Auswahl von Spendern, zur Blutentnahme und Lagerung sowie darüber, wie die Nachfrage nach Blut erfüllt wird. - Beinhaltet nützliche Transfusions- und Blutbankprotokolle, die für die klinische Praxis relevant sind. - Ausgewogene Inhalte, aus Sicht von Veterinärmedizinern und Veterinärtechnikern. - Mit Informationen zu Groß- und Kleintieren sowie Exoten.

Practical Transfusion Medicine for the Small Animal Practitioner, Second Edition provides clinically oriented guidance on all aspects of blood banking, compatibility testing, and patient blood management for dogs and cats. Presents procedures for blood collection, processing, and storage in the veterinary setting Describes blood components and their key uses Provides an overview of blood collection techniques and systems, emphasizing popular configurations for veterinary blood products Offers concise and comprehensive guidelines for veterinary professionals to ensure the overall quality of the service Includes access to a companion website with full-color images from the book available in PowerPoint

1. Basic Immunology Related to Blood Group Serology 2. Blood Group Genetics 3. ABO Blood Group System 4. ABO Blood Grouping: Methods and Discrepancies 5. Rh Blood Group System 6. Other Blood Group Systems 7. Donor Selection and Blood Collection 8. Preservation, Storage and Transport of Blood 9. Antihuman Globulin Test 10. Antibody Detection (Screening) and Identification 11. Pretransfusion and Compatibility Testing 12. Blood Components and their Preparation 13. Apheresis 14. Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion 15. Investigations in a Case of Transfusion Reaction 16. Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases 17. Nucleic Acid Amplification Test in Blood Banking 18. Hemolytic Disease of Newborn 19. Transfusion Therapy in Selected Patients and Blood Substitutes 20. Automation and Recent Advances in Blood Bank 21. Hemovigilance, National Blood Policy and Biomedical Waste 22. Quality Programs in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine 23. Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules 24. Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplantation 25. Transfusion Regulation and Legislation Bibliography Index

This guide to laboratory procedure in transfusions for dogs and cats provides easily accessible, clinical information regarding the collection, storage, and use of blood and blood products in the small animal patient. It includes step-by-step procedures for the separation of whole blood into components, along with ahow to for establishing a

This title is a fundamental guide to routinely performed laboratory procedure in a transfusion service for dogs and cats. The goal of this title is to provide easily accessible, clinical information regarding the collection, storage, and use of blood and blood products in the small animal patient. It includes step-by-step procedures for the separation of whole blood into blood components along with a “how to” for establishing a community based Blood Bank for dogs and cats. This essential guide provides a clear presentation of the immunologic and genetic principles of direct interest to the practitioners and laboratorian who handle blood and blood products for the treatment of selected cancers and bleeding disorders in small animals. A practical section is included in the book that discusses the guidelines for Biosafety and Quality Assurance for a transfusion service. The presentation follows the concise and highly visual format of our Made Easy Series and is an excellent resource for in-service training of office personnel at any level. Published by Teton New Media in the USA and distributed by Manson Publishing outside of North America.

Highly Commended - 2010 BMA Medical Book Awards An essential, practical manual for all those working in transfusion medicine Concise and user-friendly guide to transfusion medicine Focuses on clinical aspects but also covers background science and organizational issues Complications encountered in transfusion are addressed throughout Highlights controversial issues and provides advice for everyday clinical questions in transfusion medicine This comprehensive guide to transfusion medicine takes a practical and didactic approach. The third edition of this text includes many new contributions and has expanded to seven sections. The first of these takes the reader systematically through the principles of transfusion medicine. The second deals with the complications which can arise in transfusion and is followed by a section on the practice of transfusion in blood centres and hospitals. The fourth section covers clinical transfusion practice and the fifth looks at alternatives to transfusion. Section six addresses cellular and tissue therapy and organ transplantation and the final section of the book examines the development of the evidence base for transfusion. As with previous editions; the final section includes a visionary chapter on future advances in the field. This new edition of Practical Transfusion Medicine benefits from even more international authorship than the previous two editions and is an invaluable resource for trainee doctors, scientists, technicians and other staff in haematology and transfusion and as a reference book for clinical staff in haematology and other disciplines faced with specific problems.