Transfusion Medicine Glossary
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Transfusion Medicine Outline
Transfusion Medicine Outline
- 1. Blood Groups
- a. ABO System
- b. H System
- c. Rh system
- i. Rh Terminology
- ii. D Antigen
- d. Other Blood Groups
- e. Platelet Antigens and Antibodies
- f. HLA
- 2. Pretransfusion Testing
- a. Transfusion Requests
- b. Specimen Requirement
- c. Type and Screen
- d. Type and Crossmatch
- e. Interpretation of Antibody Screen and Crossmatch Results
- f. Issue of Blood Products
- g. Administration of Blood Products
- h. Emergency Requests
- i. Utilization Review
- 3. Alloantibodies to Red Cell Antigens
- a. Clinically Significant Antibodies
- b. Indirect Antiglobulin Test
- c. Direct Antiglobulin Test
- d. Complex Antibody Problems
- e. Selecting Blood for Transfusion
- 4. Immune-Mediated Red cell Destruction
- a. Immune-Mediated Hemolysis
- b. Issue Blood in Patients with a Positive DAT
- c. Drug-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
- 5. Blood Products- Use and Indications
- a. Red Blood Cells
- i. Leukocyte-Reduced
- ii. CMV-Negative
- iii. Irradiated
- iv. Washed
- v. Frozen
- b. Platelets
- i. Random v. Single Donor Apheresis
- ii. HLA Matched
- iii. Crossmatched
- c. Plasma
- i. Fresh Frozen
- ii. FP24
- iii. Thawed Plasma
- iv. Jumbo Plasma
- v. Cryo-Poor Plasma
- d. Cryoprecipitate
- e. Coagulation Factors
- f. Pharmacologic Alternatives to Transfusion
- g. Autologous Transfusion
- 7. Cell Therapy
- a. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
- b. Stem Cell vs. Bone Marrow
- c. Donor Eligibility
- 8. Transfusion Reactions- Immunologic
- a. Evaluation of Transfusion Reactions
- b. Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction
- c. Delayed
- d. Febrile
- e. Allergic
- f. TRALI
- 9. Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases
- a. HIV
- b. Hepatitis
- c. HTLV
- d. West Nile
- e. Bacterial
- f. Syphillis
- g. Others
- 10. Reducing the Risk of Transfusion Complication