Publisher's Synopsis
This volume is a desk reference on viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infectious agents that are causing problems for blood bankers and blood recipients. Coverage includes the human immunodeficiency virus, other retroviruses, hepatitis (especially hepatitis C) cytomegalovirus, treponemal infections, malarial infections, and other viruses and parasitic organisms transmitted by blood transfusion. Close attention is given to key issues such as donor testing, management of directed donor programmes, component selection, component testing and management transfusion of blood components contaminated with bacteria, autologous transfusion, preventing transfusion-transmitted infections in patients with haemophilis, and avoiding unnecessary transfusions.;Contritutors: Asa Banres, Irvin S.Y.Chen, Nancy L.Dock, Roger Y.Dodd, Bruce L.Evatt, Paul V.Holland, Steven Kleinman, Harold V.Lamberson, Dale N.Lawrence, Jay E.Menitove, Robert L.Randell, Dennis M.Smith, Edward L.Snyder, Gary Stack, Jeanette K.Stehr-Green, Marian T.Sullivan, Charles Wallas, Robert Westphal, Alan E.Williams and Jerome A.Zack.
