title: Blood banking and transfusion medicine for the nephrologist.
abstract: Therapeutic Apheresis Medicine Services work closely with Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Services (BBTMS). The BBTMS performs patient testing and provides blood components for patients undergoing therapeutic apheresis procedures. This article will provide an overview of blood component descriptions, patient testing, and blood component options and preparations for therapeutic apheresis procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Services, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0286, USA. gwmd@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Gay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wehrli
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009398:Nephrology / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D058996:Quality Improvement; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome