Manual on the management, maintenance and use of blood cold chain equipment.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blood--Collection and preservation.

Blood.

Preservation of organs, tissues, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Breaks in the cold chain happen for many reasons, such as equipment that does not meet standards of quality and safety, is unsuitable for blood storage, or is not properly maintained or repaired. The major items of blood cold chain equipment are refrigerators, freezers and transport boxes. Temperature monitors are essential during storage and transportation, and alarms are fitted to storage

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Storage and transportation of blood and blood components; 3 Blood storage equipment Refrigerators plasma freezers and platelet agitators; 4 Other blood cold chain devices; 5 Installing blood refrigerators and plasma freezers; 6 Organizing the blood cold chain; 7 Preventive maintenance care and repair of equipment; 8 Monitoring and evaluating the blood cold chain; 9 Guidelines for the development of a training programme; References; Annex 1 The use of CFC in blood cold equipment

Annex 2 WHO Minimum performance specifications for blood cold chain equipment Annex 3 Basic operational framework for the blood cold chain;

Notes:

At head of title: Safe blood and blood products.

"Edited by Ms Kay Bond, EHT/WHO"--verso of t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 84).

Contains:

Safe blood and blood products.

ISBN:

1-280-43622-0

9786610436224

92-4-068093-4

OCLC:

191039457