ISBT Science Series reports on developments in transfusion medicine, with special attention given to advances in specific geographical regions, or to progress in focused areas of transfusion medicine. Original papers and reviews are published on all aspects of blood transfusion and tissue transplantation, comprising five main sections:
Transfusion - Transmitted Infectious Diseases and their prevention:
- Identification and epidemiology of infectious agents transmissible by blood
- Bacterial contamination of blood components
- Donor recruitment and selection methods
- Pathogen inactivation
- Blood Component Collection and Production:
- Blood collection methods and devices (including apheresis)
- Plasma fractionation techniques and plasma derivatives
- Preparation of labile blood components
- Inventory management
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