This collection of the most useful tables and illustrations on apheresis from AABB texts and ASFA publications is a handy resource that fits in your pocket. From ASFA indication categories to signs and symptoms of adverse effects, from calculations for underweight donors to cellular therapy product labeling requirements, from collection equipment comparisons to guidelines for catheter sizes in pediatric practice—a wealth of material is at your fingertips.

• Indications
• Calculations and Kinetics
• Therapeutic Practice
• Donor Practice
• Cellular Therapy Practice
• Miscellaneous

This 7.5" × 4.5" volume will be appreciated by clinicians, technologists, nurses and managers in the laboratory and patient care areas.

(AABB Press/ASFA, 2009, soft cover, 238 pages, ISBN#978-1-56395-299-9)

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Effective date: March 1, 2010

The fourth edition of Standards for Cellular Therapy Product Services (CT Standards) contains detailed requirements for cellular therapy product procurement, processing, storage and final distribution, in addition to requirements for analysis of patient outcomes data. Organized according to the Core 10 quality template, the CT Standards addresses operational aspects such as the determination of donor eligibility, product labeling and other critical functions.

New or expanded sections of this edition of CT Standards include:

• New storage temperature requirement for cryopreserved cord blood products.
• Use of ISBT 128 terminology.
• Revised donor eligibility requirements.
• Updated regulatory references.

(AABB, 2009, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-56395-294-4)

Like its predecessors, Regulations A to Z is a comprehensive guide to the compliance issues facing all types of facilities—blood centers, transfusion services and cellular therapy product services. This detailed roadmap of AABB and federal requirements has been reformatted for easier reference to resources under major topic headings. New content includes ISO requirements and new cellular therapy topic headings. In addition, all FDA Internet listings were updated after the agency’s recent Web site upgrade. It is the most up-to-date reference of its kind.

Updated citations include:

AABB:

• Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services, 26th edition (effective November 1, 2009).
• Standards for Cellular Therapy Product Services, 4th edition (effective March 1, 2010).
• Standards for Immunohematology Reference Laboratories, 6th edition (effective September 1, 2009).
• Standards for Molecular Testing for Red Cell, Platelet, and Neutrophil Antigens, 1st edition
• Standards for Perioperative Autologous Blood Collection and Administration, 4th edition (effective November 1, 2009).
• Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories, 9th edition (effective January 1, 2010).
• Association Bulletins through July 2009.

Federal:

• Food and Drug Administration.
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Department of Labor.
• Department of Transportation.

A CD-ROM of the entire book is included in two formats — as one complete file or as separate alphabetical sections.

(AABB Press, 2009, soft cover, CD-ROM included, ISBN #978-1-56395-282-1)

A critical part of safe blood administration is the visual inspection of units and segments to distinguish between normal and abnormal components before transfusion. This Guide is intended as a vital tool for any individual who handles blood units in the blood center, component preparation or testing laboratory, or hospital. Originally developed by a team at the American Red Cross, the Guide has been endorsed and produced by AABB. It is full of color photographs that depict normal and abnormal appearances of whole blood, red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate. It also provides definitions and causes of numerous conditions that may negatively affect blood components.

Features:

• 8.5" x 11" size ensures large images for side-by-side comparison to actual units.
• Spiral binding lets the Guide lie flat while pages are flipped.
• Photos have been taken by professional photographers.
• Pages are laminated to withstand washing with a 10% bleach solution.

(AABB Press/ARC, 2009, spiral bound, 44 pages, ISBN #978-1-56395-300-2)