Future Developments in Blood Banking: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen 1985, organized by the Red Cross Blood Bank Groningen-Drenthe

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Changing Demographic Aspects....Pages 1-7
Changing Emphasis in Collection Procedures....Pages 9-15
HTLV-III/LAV: The Role of Molecular Biology in Viral Detection and Prevention....Pages 17-26
Legal Aspects of Blood Banking: an American Perspective....Pages 27-44
Perspectives of the Future in Developing Countries....Pages 45-60
Bag Designs, Plastics and Preservatives....Pages 61-66
In Vivo Kinetics in Autologous Transfusion of Red Cells Preserved 42 and 49 Days at + 4°C in Paggss and in Adsol-AS1....Pages 67-73
Platelet Function During Storage in PVC Bags with Increased Gas Permeability....Pages 75-82
Developments in Apheresis Technology....Pages 83-93
Manufacturing in the Blood Bank of High Purity Heat-Treated Factor VIII Concentrate from Heparin Stabilized Blood and its Consequences for the Red Cell and Supernate Plasma Components....Pages 95-101
Heating of Double Coldprecipitated Factor VIII Concentrate from Heparinized Plasma....Pages 103-109
Practical Aspects of ICE-free Cryopreservation....Pages 111-122
Properties of Hemoglobin Interdimerically Cross-Linked with NFPLP....Pages 123-129
Production of Hematopoietic Cells in Culture....Pages 131-149
Machine-Readable Symbols in Blood Transfusion....Pages 151-153
Safety and Control in Bar-Code Symbology within the Blood Transfusion Service....Pages 155-156
Application of Robotics in Blood Banking....Pages 157-165
Monoclonal Antibodies as Tools for the Immunohematologist....Pages 167-175
Solid Phase Red Cell Adherence Tests in Blood Banking....Pages 177-206
A Preliminary Report on the Evaluation of the Kontron Microgroupamatic....Pages 207-211
CMV Antibody Testing of Blood Donors....Pages 213-214
Standards and Quality Assurance....Pages 215-225
Recent Changes in Patient Population: a Mission for Blood Banks....Pages 227-240
Perspectives in Supportive Hemotherapy....Pages 241-247
Liver Transplantation with CMV Negative Blood and its Products....Pages 249-254
Factors and Mechanisms Involved in Renal Allograft Rejection in Man....Pages 255-268
Bedside Practice of Blood Transfusion to be Developed?....Pages 269-276