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In the absence of substitutes, the use of blood components remains essential in therapy. This guide contains a compendium of measures designed to ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of blood components and is particularly intended for all those working in blood transfusion services. In accordance with the approach recommended by the Council of Europe in this field, it is based on the premise of voluntary, non-remunerated blood donation. It describes the different blood components and gives information on their clinical indications and possible side effects.
Adopted in 1995 as a technical appendix to Recommendation No. R (95) 15 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the guide continues to be the "golden standard" for blood transfusion services and forms the basis for many national guidelines in Europe and around the world. For example, in 2000 Australia mandated the guide in its standard for blood components.
The Select Committee of Experts on Quality Assurance in Blood Transfusion Services participated in the preparation of this 13th edition of the guide, taking into account the new advances in technology.
This 13th edition of the Guide to the preparation, use and quality assurance of blood components will be of interest to blood transfusion centres, legislators, healthcare personnel and to all those working in the field of blood transfusion.
Recommendation No. R (95) 15 7
Appendix 9
Introduction 11
Part A Quality System for blood establishments 13
Chapter 1 Quality System for blood establishments 15
Chapter 2 Principles of validation and qualification 29
Chapter 3 Control of equipment 33
Chapter 4 Data processing systems 39
Chapter 5 Record keeping 45
Chapter 6 Statistical process control 47
Part B Blood Collection 55
Chapter 7 Selection of donors 57
Chapter 8 Blood collection 77
Chapter 9 Principles of component preparation 83
Part C Blood components 107
Chapter 10 Whole blood 109
Chapter 11 Red cells 113
Chapter 12 Red cells, buffy coat removed 117
Chapter 13 Red cells, in additive solution 121
Chapter 14 Red cells, buffy coat removed, in additive solution 125
Chapter 15 Red cells, washed 129
Chapter 16 Red cells, leukocyte-depleted 133
Chapter 17 Red cells, cryopreserved 137
Chapter 18 Red cells, apheresis 141
Chapter 19 Platelets, recovered 145
Chapter 20 Platelets, apheresis 151
Chapter 21 Plasma, fresh frozen (FFP) 157
Chapter 22 Cryoprecipitate 163
Chapter 23 Plasma, fresh frozen, cryoprecipitate-depleted 167
Chapter 24 Platelets cryopreserved, apheresis 171
Chapter 25 Granulocytes, apheresis 175
Chapter 26 Autologous predeposit transfusion 179
Chapter 27 Blood components for prenatal, neonatal and infant use 183
Part D Technical procedures 197
Chapter 28 Blood group serology 199
Chapter 29 Screening for infectious markers 209
Part E Transfusion practices 217
Chapter 30 Pre-transfusion measures 219
Chapter 31 Transfusion 221
Chapter 32 Haemovigilance 225
Acknowledgements 237
Appendix 1 List of definitions 243
Appendix 2 Principalabbreviations 253
Appendix 3 Recommendations/Resolutions of the Council of Europe in the field of blood transfusion 255
Appendix 4 List of publications 257
Index 261
Overview
In the absence of substitutes, the use of blood components remains essential in therapy. This guide contains a compendium of measures designed to ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of blood components and is particularly intended for all those working in blood transfusion services. In accordance with the approach recommended by the Council of Europe in this field, it is based on the premise of voluntary, non-remunerated blood donation. It describes the different blood components and gives information on ...