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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie 7/2017

01-07-2017 | Book and New Media Reviews

All Blood Counts: A Manual for Blood Conservation and Patient Blood Management

Thomas Dafydd, John Thompson, Biddy Ridler (editors). TFM Publishing Limited, Castle Hill Barns, Nr Shrewbury SY5 6LX, 2016; $59.95 USD ($80 CDN), 530 pages. ISBN: 978-1-903378-95-3

Author: Craig J. Railton, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 7/2017

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All Blood Counts: A Manual for Blood Conservation and Patient Blood Management is a comprehensive textbook that supports transfusion and blood bank practices. The book is understandable and covers topics in transfusion medicine in great detail with extensive referencing.1 It also covers areas involved in the administration and management of blood banks and transfusion medicine, such as policy and guideline development. …
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1
Callum JL, Lin Y, Pinkerton PH, et al. Bloody Easy 3. Blood Transfusions, Blood Alternatives and Transfusion Reactions. A Guide to Transfusion Medicine, Third Edition. Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network; 2011
 
2
Wrong Blood in Tube is a type of error that occurs when a crossmatch of blood is obtained and the label on the sample tube and the patient do not match. This life-threatening error can cause the wrong blood type of blood to be transfused into a patient.
 
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Title
All Blood Counts: A Manual for Blood Conservation and Patient Blood Management
Thomas Dafydd, John Thompson, Biddy Ridler (editors). TFM Publishing Limited, Castle Hill Barns, Nr Shrewbury SY5 6LX, 2016; $59.95 USD ($80 CDN), 530 pages. ISBN: 978-1-903378-95-3
Author
Craig J. Railton, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Publication date
01-07-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-017-0841-0

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