Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
6 1 History 1.1 Ancient times 1.2 The period 1500–1700 1.3 The 1800s 1.4 First transfusions in the United States 1.5 The discovery of blood groups 1.6 Anticoagulation 1.7 Modern blood banking and blood banks 1.8 Cadaver blood 1.9 The Rh blood group system and prevention of Rh immunization 1.10 Coombs and antiglobulin serum 1.11 Plasma and the blood program during World War II 1.12 Plastic bags and blood components 1.13 Cryoprecipitate and factor VIII 1.14 Red cell preservation 1.15 Leukocyte antigens and antibodies 1.16 Platelet collection, storage, and transfusion 1.17 Apheresis 1.18 Granulocyte transfusions 1.19 Summary References
7 2 The Blood Supply 2.1 Worldwide blood supply 2.2 Amount of blood collected 2.3 Management of the blood supply 2.4 Other activities of community blood centers 2.5 The plasma collection system 2.6 Nongovernmental blood bank organizations 2.7 World Health Organization 2.8 Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 2.9 International Society for Blood Transfusion 2.10 Regulation of the blood supply system References
8 3 Recruitment of Blood Donors 3.1 Demographic characteristics of blood donors 3.2 Motivation of whole blood donors 3.3 The donation experience and factors that influence continued donation 3.4 Whole blood donor recruitment strategies 3.5 Apheresis donor recruitment 3.6 Bone marrow donors References
9 4 Blood Donor Medical Assessment, Collection, and Complications 4.1 Blood collection 4.2 Medical assessment of whole blood donors 4.3 Collection of whole blood 4.4 Postdonation care and adverse reactions to blood donation 4.5 Therapeutic bleeding 4.6 Medical assessment of apheresis donors 4.7 Adverse reactions in apheresis donors References
10 5 Preparation, Storage, and Characteristics of Whole Blood, Blood Components, and Plasma Derivatives 5.1 Whole blood preparation and storage 5.2 Preparation of blood components from whole blood 5.3 Cryoprecipitate 5.4 Platelet concentrates—whole blood 5.5 Granulocytes 5.6 Irradiation of blood components 5.7 Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells 5.8 Plasma derivatives 5.9 Pathogen‐inactivated blood components 5.10 Universal red cells 5.11 Blood substitutes References
11 6 Production of Components by Apheresis 6.1 Apheresis instruments