50th Anniversary AABB Edition 1953-2003: Technical Manual American Ascosiation of Blood Banks.

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

Ch. 1. Quality systems
Ch. 2. Facilities and safety
Ch. 3. Blood utilization management
Ch. 4. Donor selection and blood collection
Ch. 5. Autologous blood donation and transfusion
Ch. 6. Apheresis
Ch. 7. Blood component testing and labeling
Ch. 8. Preparation, storage, and distribution of components from whole blood donations
Ch. 9. Molecular biology in transfusion medicine
Ch. 10. Blood group genetics
Ch. 11. Immunology
Ch. 12. Red cell antigen-antibody reactions and their detection
Ch. 13. ABO, H, and Lewis blood groups and structurally related antigens
Ch. 14. The Rh system
Ch. 15. Other blood groups
Ch. 16. Platelet and granulocyte antigens and antibodies
Ch. 17. The HLA system
Ch. 18. Pretransfusion testing
Ch. 19. Initial detection and identification of alloantibodies to red cell antigens
Ch. 20. The positive direct antiglobulin test and immune-mediated red cell destruction
Ch. 21. Blood transfusion practice
Ch. 22. Administration of blood and components
Ch. 23. Perinatal issues in transfusion practice
Ch. 24. Neonatal and pediatric transfusion practice
Ch. 25. Hematopoietic transplantation
Ch. 26. Tissue and organ transplantation
Ch. 27. Noninfectious complications of blood transfusion
Ch. 28. Transfusion-transmitted diseases
Method 1. General laboratory methods
Method 2. Red cell typing methods
Method 3. Antibody detection, antibody identification, and serologic compatibility testing methods
Method 4. Investigation of a positive direct antiglobulin test methods
Method 5. Hemolytic disease of the newborn methods
Method 6. Blood collection, storage, and component preparation methods
Method 7. Processing hematopoietic progenitor cells methods
Method 8. Quality control methods

Manual includes many changes since the previous edition, including a description of the 10 Quality System Essentials (QSEs) that make up Section A in the newest series of standards published by the American Association of Blood Banks. Includes a new chapter on platelet and granulocyte antigens and antibodies