Description

This book of “Blood Groups” provides essential information on human blood group systems. It provides the basic knowledge of blood groups needed by all those working in the immune haematology or blood bank laboratories. The book comprises an introduction to blood groups, followed by chapters on techniques, information on various blood groups, antibodies, quality assurance in immune haematology and their clinical significance. It concludes with a chapter on troubleshooting in the laboratory which can help in resolving commonly encountered problems. The book is easy to understand as it is supplemented with numerous schematic figures and tables, and detailed reference lists. This book will be valuable for undergraduate medical laboratory students, postgraduate students in transfusion medicine and medical practitioners training to specialise in blood banking , it will also be a useful addition to other publications on blood groups for quick access to information in red cell immune haematology laboratories.