BUNDLE: Transfusion Medicine Self-Assessment and Review, 4th edition & Technical Manual, 21st edition - Print

Developed to be used with the Technical Manual, this popular resource helps trainees learn and review concepts in an examination format. This edition contains 900 brand-new multiple-choice questions covering 18 topics in blood collection/transfusion and cellular therapies. Most explanations cover both correct and incorrect choices. New in this edition:

• Three new chapters—massive transfusion/ECMO, neonatal/pediatric issues, and lab management.
• Expansion of cellular therapy chapter to include biotherapies.
• Updated per 2023 ASFA indications for apheresis.
• Updated per 2023 FDA guidance on donor eligibility.
• “Bonus test” of random questions in realistic simulation.

The editors and authors of this edition bring you all-new questions and explanations. Transfusion Medicine Self-Assessment and Review will be of value in both the classroom and self-study settings.

Edited by Amy Schmidt, MD, and H. Cliff Sullivan, MD, MPH

If there is such a thing as a must-have resource, the Technical Manual would be it. In its 29 chapters and 100+ methods/appendices this book provides valuable content for newcomers as well as seasoned professionals alike. The full spectrum of blood collection and transfusion is detailed: quality and regulatory issues, donor eligibility, component preparation, blood groups, antigen/antibody testing, transfusion practice (including special situations and patients, and transfusion outcomes. Additionally, this edition captures the late-breaking changes in donor deferrals made by the FDA just weeks before the new edition was released. Other notable updates:

• Apheresis content updated to 2023 ASFA indications.
• Influence of COVID-19 included in discussions of disaster preparedness, blood shortages, convalescent plasma.
• Expanded cell therapy content.
• Changes in neonatal and pediatric transfuse practice.
• Updates in molecular testing.

The methods and appendices are once again posted online at no extra cost. Purchasers of the print edition will find an access code to the online content in the book itself, and the digital edition includes methods/appendices as ancillary files to the chapters.

AABB Press, 2023, soft cover, 871 pages, ISBN 978-1-56395-477-1 & AABB, 2023, 899 pages, ISBN 978-1-56395-464-1

Member price: $242
Nonmember price: $353

Item Details (Transfusion Medicine Self-Assessment and Review, 4th edition):

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Item Details (Technical Manual, 21st edition):

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