Eichbaum et al. (pathology, microbiology, and immunology, Vanderbilt U.) identify common issues and errors associated with the blood transfusion process, to help general practitioners, trainees, individuals working in the clinical laboratory, laboratory managers, and hospital administrators learn about common types of errors they are likely to encounter, and address issues such as making decisions about when to premedicate patients, strategies of warfarin reversal, and the diagnostic intricacies of thrombocytopenic pupura and transfusion-related acute lung injury. Included are blood product-related errors, errors in procedures, and errors involving specific clinical scenarios, with accompanying cases for illustration, clinical pitfalls, explanations and consequences, and summaries of the standards of care. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
As with other volumes in the Diagnostic Standards of Care series, Transfusion Medicine focuses specifically on understanding potential problems and sources of error in management of the blood bank and transfusion, how to anticipate and avoid such problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The discussions are concise, practical, specific, and problem-based so the book directly addresses the situations and issues faced by the clinical pathologist or other manager or staff member of the blood bank team. Discussion of each problem is augmented by a case discussion giving a real-world example of how the issue can occur and how it can be effectively dealt with by the manager. The goal is to support the pathologist, manager or technologist in providing the highest possible quality of care and effective, timely consultation to the clinical staff.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of key issues in achieving quality in transfusion medicine as well as numerous case examples and discussions give real-world illustrations of how problems occur and how to avoid them.
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