Trigger Factors in Transfusion Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Demand and Supply

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Customer-Oriented Quality Systems in Transfusion Medicine

      • D. E. Nevalainen

      Pages 3-11

   3. Communication Mechanisms between the Bedside and the Blood Bank

      • A. W. M. Koopman-van Gemert, A. van de Wiel

      Pages 13-16

   4. Informed Consent for Transfusion Recipients: How Much is Enough?

      • P. V. Holland

      Pages 17-24

   5. Factors That Influence Demand for Transfusion

      • D. B. L. McClelland

      Pages 25-33

   6. The Process of Clinical Decision-Making in Transfusion Medicine: Incorporating Guidelines and Algorithms into Transfusion Practices

      • L. T. Goodnough

      Pages 35-45

3. Back Matter

   Pages 47-55

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4. Product Qualities and Characteristics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Factors Defining the Clinical Need for Supportive Haemotherapy

      • J. Th. M. de Wolf

      Pages 59-64

   3. Factors Affecting the Clinical Efficacy of Blood Transfusion

      • W. G. Murphy

      Pages 65-72

   4. The Clinical Relevance and Biological Effects of Leukocytes Present in Cellular Blood Components

      • M. A. Blajchman

      Pages 73-82

   5. Platelets: What Qualities and Characteristics do Justify the Need for Transfusion?

      • S. Murphy

      Pages 83-90

   6. Clinical Relevance of Clotting Factor Characteristics

      • Ch. A. Ludlam

      Pages 91-102

5. Back Matter

   Pages 103-111

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6. Transfusion Policies and Clinical Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Facts, Fears and Formulas about Blood Transfusions: on the Assessment, Acceptance and Control of Risks

      • C. A. J. Vlek

      Pages 115-131

   3. Surgical Criteria for Blood Transfusion: How Far Should We Go?

      • H. J. ten Duis

      Pages 133-142

   4. Transfusion Policies and Clinical Practice in a Tertiary Academic Medical Center: Role of Protocols and Documentation

      • M. Petrides, E. L. Snyder

      Pages 143-160

   5. Choice of Single Donor and Random Donor Platelet Transfusion — Its Costs

      • A. Westerterp-Maas, J. Th. M. de Wolf, P. C. Das, C. Th. Smit Sibinga, M. R. Halie

      Pages 161-167

It is an honour and a pleasure to welcome you all at this 20th annual International Symposium on Blood Transfusion in the Netherlands. This year you celebrate its 20th anniversary and I congratulate the Staff of the Blood Bank Noord Nederland and especially Dr. Smit Sibinga for this great achievement. As most of you know, the name of the person of Dr. Smit Sibinga is unbreakably con­ nected with the annual symposium in Groningen which he has organized each year from the very start, 20 years ago. The reputation of any symposium depends heavily on the quality of the lectures. I think it is not possible to organize 20 symposia in a row if the topics lack actual relevance and the speakers are not of excellent reputation. Dr. Smit Sibinga has proven to have a keen eye for selecting interesting themes and eminent speakers. Although a lot of different topics have been dealt with in the past 20 years, which each attracted the attention of a different group in the field of blood transfusion, it is not surprising that after a tradition of 20 years several speakers but also a lot of attendees are not for the first time in Groningen to participate in this event. It gives the symposium a unique atmosphere of intimacy. It is not hard to admit that most of the newer developments in transfusion medicine take place outside the Netherlands.

• blood
• research
• transfusion medicine

• Red Cross Blood Bank Noord-Nederland, The Netherlands

  C. Th. Smit Sibinga, P. C. Das

• Yale New Haven Hospital Blood Bank, New Haven, USA

  E. L. Snyder

Policies and ethics