Transfusion Medicine: Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis

Abstract

Written by Quentin Eichbaum MD, PhD, Garrett S. Booth, MD, MS, Pampee S. Young, MD, PhD, 45 cases. 141 pages. New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing. $50.00. ISBN: 978-1936287963. I found Transfusion Medicine: Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis to be a very useful tool for any transfusion service or blood bank laboratory. As one book in a series of books on diagnostic standards of care, the authors have done a thorough job of presenting commonly encountered errors within the transfusion service and with the ordering practices of patient care providers for immunohematology tests and blood component use. The intended audience for this book ranges from bench technologists in the blood bank laboratory to the medical director overseeing the lab and the patient care providers. I would highly recommend this book to all residents …