List of WHO publications: Blood transfusion
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Title
Year
2012 Order Number    19300273 ISBN-13
 9789241548519
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
Blood transfusion services (BTS) have the responsibility to collect blood only from donors who are at low risk for any infection that could be transmitted through transfusion and who are unlikely to jeopardize their own health by blood donation. .../...
Title
Year
2010 Order Number    11500774 ISBN-13
 9789241547888
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
The establishment of systems to ensure that all donated blood is screened for transfusion-transmissible infections is a core component of every national blood programme. Globally, however, there are significant variations in the extent to which donated blood is screened, the screening strategies adopted and the overall quality and effectiveness of the blood screening process. .../...
Title
Year
2010 Order Number    15200138 ISBN-13
 9789290614937
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
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Title
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2010 Order Number    15200149 ISBN-13
 9789290613190
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
Design Guidelines for Blood Centres will serve as a tool for authorities responsible for developing building centres to house blood transfusion services. These guidelines were prepared to assist countries in developing appropriate, purpose-built facilities for blood services. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    16300211 ISBN-13
 9789275129395
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
This book summarizes the rationale for the parameters and conditions that should be taken into consideration in the education and selection of blood donors, in order to allow blood service staff, community volunteers and prospective blood donors to understand them. .../...
Title
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2006 Order Number    11500682 ISBN-13
 9789241547017
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
These guidelines provide evidence-based information to national regulatory authorities , especially to those where Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has not yet been reported and where surveillance systems for BSE and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD, the human disease caused by infection with the BSE agent) may not be in place. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    11500631 ISBN-13
 9789241546737
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
The blood cold chain is a series of interconnected activities involving equipment, personnel and processes that are critical for the safe storage and transportation of blood from collection to transfusion. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    19900028 ISBN-13
 9789241546645
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
This interactive CD-ROM is designed to support national health authorities and blood transfusion services in establishing effective systems to minimize unnecessary transfusions and their associated risks of risks of transfusion reactions and transfusion-transmitted infection. .../...
Title
Year
2004 Order Number    11000924 ISBN-13
 9789241209243
Price
CHF 42,00  / US$ 50,40 Developing countries    CHF 29,40
English
This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee commissioned to coordinate activities leading to the adoption of international requirements for the production and control of vaccines and other biologicals and the establishment of international biological reference materials. .../...
Title
Year
2002 Order Number    19300202 ISBN-13
 9789241545792
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
This publication aims to provide practical guidance to all those involved in the management of blood programmes. .../...
Title
Year
2001 Order Number    11500484 ISBN-13
 9789241545389
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Blood transfusion is an essential part of modern health care. Used correctly, it can be a life-saving intervention. Inappropriate use can endanger life because of the potential risk of acute or delayed complications, including the transmission of infectious agents, such as HIV, hepatitis viruses, syphilis, malaria and Chagas disease. .../...
Title
Author Jones, P.
Year
1996 Order Number    19300075  
 
Price
CHF 12,00  / US$ 14,40 Developing countries    CHF 8,40
English
Provides guidelines for the development of national programmes for the management of haemophilia and related bleeding disorders. .../...
Title
Author Gibbs, W.N., Britten, A.F.H.
Year
1992 Order Number    11500376 ISBN-13
 9789241544450
Price
CHF 12,50  / US$ 15,00 Developing countries    CHF 8,75
English
A comprehensive guide to the principles and procedures involved in establishing or reorganizing a national blood transfusion service in developing countries. Focused on organizational principles rather than technical details, the book responds to both the growing clinical need for safe and effective blood products and the many problems inherent in the organization of a transfusion service. .../...
Title
Author Bowley, C.C., Goldsmith, K.L.G., Maycock (d'A), W., Cazal, P.
Year
1978 Order Number    11500016 ISBN-13
 9789241540131
Price
CHF 14,00  / US$ 16,80 Developing countries    CHF 9,80
English
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