Title | Transfusion Medicine: Fact and Fiction [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen 1991, organized by the Red Cross Blood Bank Groningen-Drenthe / edited by C. Th. Smit Sibinga, P. C. Das, J. D. Cash |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3504-1 |
Descript | XXV, 207 p. online resource |
I. Professional Aspects -- Transfusion Medicine: Concept and Interdisciplinary Aspects -- The Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Aspects of Transfusion Medicine -- Role of Management and Administration in Transfusion Medicine -- The Clinical Responsibilities of Transfusion Medicine -- Discussion -- II. Regulatory and Legal Aspects -- Transfusion Medicine: The Role of the Law -- Regulations and Regulatory Mechanisms Related to Transfusion Medicine in the United States of America -- Liability Arising from the Administration of Blood and Blood Products within the European Economic Community -- International Regulations and Legislation in Transfusion Medicine -- Discussion -- III. Educational Aspects -- Standards, Inspection and Accreditation Mechanisms in Transfusion Medicine -- Training in Transfusion Medicine: Programs and Mechanisms -- The Need for Continuous Education and Performance Appraisal -- Transfusion Medicine, Education and the Community: Donor Motivation and Community Oriented Aspects -- Research and Development Programs -- Specialization in Transfusion Medicine by Under- and Postgraduate Training -- Discussion -- IV. Historical Aspects and Future Perspectives -- Transfusion Medicine: Historical Overview The Eras of Serology, Component Production and Fractionation -- Transfusion Medicine: The Impact of Biotechnology, Growth Factors, and Bioengineering -- The SANGUIS Project -- Safety of Transfusions as We Move Toward 2000 -- An Improvement in the Supply of Safe Blood: Virus Inactivated Plasma Prepared in the Blood Bank -- Transfusion Medicine Today and Tomorrow: The Facts and the Fictions -- Discussion