Experienced authors offer a practical "in the trenches" view of life in the laboratory.A clinical application focus relates concepts to practice and offers examples of using theoretical information in the laboratory setting.Coverage of quality control assurance and regulatory issues includes the "whys" in both reagents and equipment.An entire chapter is devoted to basic genetics and immunology coverage.Blood group systems are described in easy-to-follow, student-friendly terms.Illustrations and tables help you understand critical information.A two-color design brightens the text and makes it more reader-friendly.Chapter outlines, review questions, learning objectives, and key terms are included in each chapter, highlighting and reinforcing important material.Critical Thinking exercises ask you to draw conclusions based on a case study.Chapter summaries include a paragraph, table, or box of the essential information.NEW information reflects changes in the field, including: Different types of DNA testing and usesAutomation impact and issuesLatest donor criteria from the AABB and the FDAHepatitis C and HIV NAT testingWest Nile testingBacterial contamination statistics and preventionBone marrow transplant blood usePeripheral stem cell collectionCord blood collection and useMore case studies, examples, and flow charts in the Antibody Detection and Identification chapter help to illustrate principles and practices.Margin Notes are added throughout to reinforce key terms and procedures.More review questions are added for thorough and efficient self-assessment.Expanded Evolve resources include web links, ArchieMD animations, and additional study questions

BASIC AND APPLIED CONCEPTS OF IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY clearly addresses the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary in an entry-level blood-banking book. This introductory level textbook prepares the reader for the practicing laboratory by adequately integrating basic theory (genetics, immunology and immunohematology) with a special emphasis on the application of theory to modern transfusion and blood-bank settings. This textbook delivers basic ideas supplemented with practical problem-solving exercises housed in a reader friendly framework. Throughout the text, information is tied to practice through clinical scenarios and critical thinking exercises. * Prepares the student for the "real world" of the blood banking laboratory, provided by the authors' years of research and extensive experience. * Focuses on the application of concepts/science and shows students how the classroom theories apply to their work in the laboratory. * Includes extensive quality control assurance and regulatory issues coverage in both reagents and equipment. * Includes an entire chapter on basic genetics and immunology coverage for introductory MLT/MT students. * Includes description, uses, and limitations of blood bank reagents in an entire chapter. * Provides user-friendly coverage of blood groups systems - great introductory level information for beginning blood bankers. * Contains many illustrations and tables showing critical information to help make key concepts more memorable to the students. * Ends each chapter with a Chapter Summary consisting of a paragraph, table, or box of essential information presented in a clear and memorable format. * Incorporates Critical Thinking Exercises after each Chapter Summary, requiring the reader to process information and draw conclusions based on their readings. * Contains a Chapter Outline, Study Questions, Learning Objectives and Key Terms with definitions for each chapter. * Provides key terms in a glossary at the end of the book as well as in each chapter. * Highlights diagrams, tables, important headings and boxes with the two-color interior design. * Includes Instructor's Manual with answers to the text's critical thinking exercises, laboratory exercises, laboratory worksheets and additional questions - a valuable instructor's resource.

Revised edition of: Basic & applied concepts of immunohematology / Kathy D. Blaney, Paula R. Howard. 2nd ed. c2009.