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Taylor & Francis Blood Safety and Surveillance 2001 Edition by Jeanne Linden
Presenting the most up-to-date and authoritative reference on the risks and risk-prevention strategies of blood transfusions, Blood Safety and Surveillance compiles a breadth of information on the reactions, immunological complications, and potential for disease transmission related to blood transfusions in a broad context.Combines numerous resources to become the ideal, multifaceted one-stop handbook!Balancing medical concerns with in-depth scientific research, Blood Safety and Surveillancedescribes a host of reactions and potential sources of infection in blood transfusions considers common and rare transmissible diseases around the world, such as the human immunodeficiency, hepatitis, and human T-lymphotropic viruses reviews parasitic and tickborne diseases, including a description of the transmission of babesiosis studies alternatives to allogenic blood examines cost- and time-effective techniques for reducing transfusion risks elaborates on the latest red blood cell substitutes targets preventable errors and accidents related to transfusions and the role of public health agencies in monitoring and regulating procedures and more!Written by nearly 40 expert contributors and containing almost 2000 literature references, tables, drawings, and photographs, Blood Safety and Surveillance immeasurably improves the arsenal of knowledge of hematologists, infectious disease specialists, blood bank personnel, intensive and critical care physicians, internists, public health officials, health care managers, and medical school students in these disciplines. Table of contents : - IntroductionImpact of Blood Donor Screening Procedures on Transfusion Safety,Steven KleinmanImmunological ComplicationsHemolytic Transfusion Reactions,Elizabeth J. Kicklighter and Harvey G. KleinOther Reactions and Alloimmunization,Christopher J. Gresens and Paul V. HollandManaging Error for System Improvement,Harold S. Kaplan and James B. BattlesGraft-Versus-Host Disease, Iain J. Webb and Kenneth C. AndersonTransfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury,Mark A. PopovskyClinical Effects of the Immunomodulation Associated with Allogeneic Blood Transfusion,Jose O. Bordin and Morris A. BlajchmanInfectious ComplicationsGeneralOverview of Infectious Disease,Roger Y. DoddBlood Donor Screening and Supplemental Testing: Principles, Procedures, and Consequences,Jay E. ValinskyBacterial InfectionBacterial Contamination,Laura L. Spinelli and Mark E. BrecherViral InfectionsHIV and Blood Transfusion,Celso Bianco and Maria RiosHepatitis Viruses and Blood Transfusion,Alfred M. PrinceHuman T-Cell Leukemia Virus,Maria Rios and Celso BiancoTransfusion-Acquired Cytomegalovirus Infection: Approaching Resolution,Gary E. TegtmeierOtherCreutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Other Human Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, and Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products,Celso BiancoThe Protozoan Parasites-Malaria and Chagas' Disease,Silvano WendelTickborne Infections,Ritchard G. Cable and Jonathan Trouern-TrendStrategies to Reduce RiskSurveillance for Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases, Mary E. Chamberland and Rima F. KhabbazAlternatives to Allogeneic Blood and Strategies to Avoid Transfusion,Lawrence T. GoodnoughLeukoreduction,Anne B. McDonald and Walter H. DzikViral Inactivation,Bernard Horowitz and Ehud Ben-HurThe Role of Quality in Blood Safety,Lucia M. Berte and David E. NevalainenCost-Effectiveness Analysis of Risk-Reduction Strategies,James P. AuBuchonRed Blood Cell Substitutes,Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski and Christopher P. StowellProfessional Standards and Voluntary Accreditation,Jay E. Menitove and Hillary V. SchaefflerThe Role of Federal Regulation in Blood Safety, Jay S. Epstein and Mary Gustafson.