Essentials of Blood Banking SR Mehdi
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1Essentials of Blood Banking: A Handbook for Students of Blood Banking and Clinical Residents2
3Essentials of Blood Banking: A Handbook for Students of Blood Banking and Clinical Residents
SR Mehdi MD Reader/Associate Professor Department of Pathology JN Medical College, AMU Aligarh, India
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Essentials of Blood Banking
© 2006, SR Mehdi
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First Edition: 2006
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5Dedicated to
My Parents
6
7Preface
In the last two decades the progress in the field of blood banking has been phenomenal. Blood banking has grown up as “Transfusion Medicine,” an independent discipline. Blood banking is no more confined to only cross-matching and supply of blood. The spectrum of tests for transfusion transmitted diseases is getting wider day-by-day. Pretransfusion testing of blood for HIV1, HIV2, anti-HCV and in some of the countries for HTLV1 has become mandatory, besides other tests. Newer techniques and latest generation testing kits are pouring in. Professional blood donors are banned.
HIV/AIDS awareness has shifted the focus of media on blood banks. Medicolegalities and ethical issues are very much in consideration. The talk of the day is “Safety of the Blood.” Regional transfusion centres have come up. Blood banks are directly under the supervision of the national and states “AIDS Control Organizations.”
The concept of whole blood transfusion has become obsolete. Transfusion of specific component of the blood has specific indications. A component laboratory is a must for every blood bank. The clinicians must be exposed to the usage and benefits of component therapy.
In this scenario no person working in a hospital set-up, whether as a doctor or paramedic can afford to be ignorant about the essentials of blood banking. The staff working in the transfusion services as “provider” and the clinicians and nurses acting as “facilitator” must ensure the transfusion of safe and disease-free blood to the “end user”, i.e. the patient.
Therapeutic apheresis and stem cell collection have brought blood banking into clinical fold. Institutes are awarding MD and fellowships, exclusively in transfusion medicine. The progress and scope in the field of transfusion medicine is tremendous.8
The handbook Essentials of Blood Banking deals with the basics of blood banking in brief, keeping in mind the requirements of the blood bank staff and the clinical residents. The blood bank personnel can refer to this book for techniques and the residents can carry the handbook to the wards. Even if one patient is saved of the complications of blood transfusion by the reader, the book will serve its purpose.
I wish to thank all my colleagues at the transfusion services of the JN Medical College Aligarh, AMU, India and the King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who helped me to pick up the techniques of the trade by creating an enlightened and congenial working atmosphere. I would also like to thank NACO and UPSACS for the best of the trainings and providing me an opportunity to serve as the “Coordinator for Training of Trainers (TOT) Program for HIV/AIDS.”
SR Mehdi