Publisher's Synopsis
This up-to-date text is for professionals who deal with one or more aspects of blood transfusion and its components. It provides the foundation necessary to understand immunohaematology, as well as the more detailed aspects needed for the safe transfusion of blood.;The book deals mainly with clinical aspects of interest to physicians and laboratory technicians and includes chapters on immunology, haematology, genetics, paediatric blood banking, paternity testing and administration of a blood bank.