A Practical Guide for Immunohematology and Blood Banking Technology with Clinical Correlations

Publisher: JBD Publications

Language: English

ISBN: 9789392330179

Year: 2023 

Edition: 1st

Pages: 244

Author: Ashok Kumar Sah 

Product Type: Paperback

Condition: New

Price: ₹ 295

This practical manual is intended to give a concise and detailed guide to transfusion techniques and immunobematology for medical technologists, blood bank specialists, and residents. The reader will get a working grasp of modern regular blood banking after reading this material, which is a great "crossmatch" of theory and practise. In 48 thorough chapters, almost 20 contributors from across the country have given their experience and expertise. Over 30 pictures and tables help readers understand tough ideas that aren't always illustrated in other texts. Furthermore, figures and tables can be used to standardise the reading of agglutination processes and to illustrate difficult material. Several aspects of this textbook appeal to both students and educators. For quick access to blood bank techniques, a comprehensive and user-friendly language is offered. On the inside of the manual, a blood group antibody characteristic chart is supplied to aid in the memory of the large quantity of information and to serve as an easy access and guide to the blood group systems' characteristics. The most critical information to know for clinical rotations is identified in summary charts at the end of cach chapter. Original complete step-by-step pictures of ABO forward and reverse grouping, not available in any other manual, assist the student in swiftly mastering this critical testing, which is at the heart of blood banking. The basic principles of genetics, blood group immunology, molecular biology, and a current review of blood group systems are introduced before the basic concepts of genetics, blood group immunology, molecular biology, and the current overview of blood group systems. The book's following section covers common blood bank procedures, such as donor selection, component preparation, antibody detection and identification, compatibility testing, transfusion therapy, and apheresis. The needed quality assurance and inspection procedures are clarified in a chapter on transfusion safety and federal requirements. Concepts in Molecular Biology introduces students to