Author: Kathy D. Blaney MS BB(ASCP)SBB
Edition: 1
Publisher: Mosby
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0323001653
Basic and Applied Concepts of Immunohematology
BASIC AND APPLIED CONCEPTS OF IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY clearly addresses the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary in an entry-level blood-banking book. Medical books Basic and Applied Concepts of Immunohematology. This introductory level textbook prepares the reader for the practicing laboratory by adequately integrating basic theory (genetics, immunology and immunohematology) with a special emphasis on the application of theory to modern transfusion and blood-bank settings. This textbook delivers basic ideas supplemented with practical problem-solving exercises housed in a reader friendly framework. Throughout the text, information is tied to practice through clinical scenarios and critical thinking exercises.
* Prepares the student for the "real world" of the blood banking laboratory, provided by the authors' years of research and extensive experience Medical books Basic & Applied Concepts of Immunohematology, 9780323001656. Basic & Applied Concepts of Immunohematology, ISBN-13: 9780323001656, ISBN-10: 0323001653

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Medical Book Basic and Applied Concepts of Immunohematology
This introductory level textbook prepares the reader for the practicing laboratory by adequately integrating basic theory (genetics, immunology and immunohematology) with a special emphasis on the application of theory to modern transfusion and blood-bank settings. This textbook delivers basic ideas supplemented with practical problem-solving exercises housed in a reader friendly framework. Throughout the text, information is tied to practice through clinical scenarios and critical thinking exercises.
* Prepares the student for the "real world" of the blood banking laboratory, provided by the authors' years of research and extensive experience. * Focuses on the application of concepts/science and shows students how the classroom theories apply to their work in the laboratory. * Includes extensive quality control assurance and regulatory issues coverage in both reagents and equipment. * Includes an entire chapter on basic genetics and immunology coverage for introductory MLT/MT students. * Includes description, uses, and limitations of blood bank reagents in an entire chapter. * Provides user-friendly coverage of blood groups systems - great introductory level information for beginning blood bankers. * Contains many illustrations and tables showing critical information to help make key concepts more memorable to the students. * Ends each chapter with a Chapter Summary consisting of a paragraph, table, or box of essential information presented in a clear and memorable format. * Incorporates Critical Thinking Exercises after each Chapter Summary, requiring the reader to process information and draw conclusions based on their readings. * Contains a Chapter Outline, Study Questions, Learning Objectives and Key Terms with definitions for each chapter. * Provides key terms in a glossary at the end of the book as well as in each chapter. * Highlights diagrams, tables, important headings and boxes with the two-color interior design. * Includes Instructor's Manual with answers to the text's critical thinking exercises, laboratory exercises, laboratory worksheets and additional questions - a valuable instructor's resource.