Title | Transmissible Diseases and Blood Transfusion [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen, NL, Organized by the Sanquin Division Blood Bank Noord Nederland / edited by C. Th. Smit Sibinga, R. Y. Dodd |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6869-5 |
Descript | XII, 220 p. online resource |
I. Blood Safety Aspects -- Germs, Gels and Genomes. A Personal Recollection of 30 Years in Blood Safety Testing -- Quality Management for Blood Transfusion Services -- The Value of Donor Selection for Blood Safety -- Blood Donation; A Risk for Prenatal Developmental Toxicity? -- II. Transmissible Diseases -- Bacterial Contamination of Blood and Blood Products. An Underestimated Problem -- Parasites Transmitted by Blood Transfusion -- Prion Diseases and Blood Transfusion -- Tick-Borne Diseases: Recognized and Theoretical Risks Associated with Blood Transfusion -- Xeno-Transplantation and Xenozoonoses -- III. Transmissible Diseases -- NAT Update; Where Are We Today? -- Cost-Effectiveness of Alternatives to Allogeneic Blood Transfusion; Reviewing the Available Evidence -- Hereditary Metabolic Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation -- Detection of Disease: Possibilities and Limitations -- IV. Preventative Aspects -- Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Detection of Parvovirus B19 DNA in Blood Plasma for Plasma Screening -- Advances in Bacterial Detection Technology -- Pathogen Inactivated Blood Components: Advancing from Theory to Practice -- GCBS, ICBS and Other Initiatives โ The Pars Pro Toto Phenomenon; Will There Ever Be a Totum Pro Parte?