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The
following articles and research material are mostly the work of employees
and students working at the NBTS. Most of them are thesis with which our
students obtained their diploma or degree.
All the works contained in this page are copyrighted to their respective
authors and no reproduction in whole or in part may be done without prior
written consent from the author/s. You are more than welcome to browse
through the following material for personal and educational purposes,
however if you would like to use or refer to these articles, kindly contact
us in order to gain approval from the author.
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"...The aim of any Blood Bank is to provide safe and high quality blood products to meet the patient's needs. Such products are derived from volunteers who are willing to donate blood. Selection and management of these donors plays a critical role to ensure the safety and quality of all blood products..." |
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Vanessa Zammit
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist
NBTS
B.Sc. Hons.(MLS), M.Sc.(Trans. Sc.)(Wolverhampton) |
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Haemolytic
disease of the newborn (HDN) is associated with foetal red cell
destruction following the transplacental passage of maternally derived
IgG antibodies. The antibodies are directed against paternally derived
antigens on foetal cells. ..... can also result from incompatibilities
caused by many other red cell antibodies, although this occurrence
is much less frequent.
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Carmelina
Cuschieri
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist
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Today on the Maltese Islands approximately, 17,000 units of blood are donated each year of which 15,000 are transfused. Each unit contains about 450 mL of whole blood, which is then separated by centrifugation into its various components......
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Robert Decelis
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Blood transfusion is the cornerstone of therapy for many serious and common diseases. Indeed, without blood products it would be impossible to implement many of the modern regimen used for the treatment of malignant diseases and to perform the complex surgery now regarded as routine. ... This study did not show the type and screen to reach the expected safety level of 99%, taking that of the full antiglobulin crossmatch to be 100%. A more extensive study should be considered. |
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Vanessa Zammit
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist
NBTS
B.Sc. Hons.(MLS), M.Sc.(Trans. Sc.)(Wolverhampton)
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"...Shelf-life is an important key factor which greatly influences the quality of platelets. When considering prolonging platelet shelf-life to that of seven days, one must ensure that the quality of the product does not deteriorate.
To this end quality control programmers should be establish to target specific parameters which will ensure that platelets have not undergone any storage lesions..." |
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Vanessa Zammit
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist
NBTS
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