Transfusion medicine and patient safety [[electronic resource] /] / Giustina de Silvestro, Arianna Veronesi, Maria Vicarioto

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452891603321
• Autore: De Silvestro Giustina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : De Gruyter, c2013
• ISBN: 3-11-028707-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (120 p.)
• Collana: Patient Safety ; ; .; Patient safety ; ; v. 7
• Classificazione: XL 1587
• Altri autori (Persone): VeronesiArianna; VicariotoMaria
• Disciplina: 615.3/9
• Soggetti: Blood - Transfusion; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Basics of transfusion medicine -- The transfusion process -- Automation and computerization of the transfusion process -- Biological validation of blood components -- Error in transfusion medicine.
• Sommario/riassunto: Blood transfusion is considered a life-saving therapy since ancient times, but, at the same time, a high-risk procedure. Nowadays the common perception is that infection is the greatest risk, even if the blood has never been safer from this point of view. Currently, the residual risk of transfusion must be related mainly to immunological mechanisms underlying to AB0 and minor blood systems, to compatibility of blood transfused and to development of irregular antibodies in transfused patients. "Transfusion Medicine and Patient Safety" aims to provide the basic of immunohematology to readers and to analyze the transfusional process highlighting the most critical points, thus more exposed to errors. Screening on blood and blood components for infectious diseases along with the surveillance action on emerging viruses results in the drastic reduction of post-transfusion infection, together with the potential to further increase the level of security from infection through the inactivation of blood components.The text also describes the major diagnostic systems and ; organizational models that modern technology provides us with a correct immunohematological diagnosis and an appropriate trasfusional therapy.

Expectations of modernity : myths and meanings of urban life on the Zambian Copperbelt / / James Ferguson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778862003321
• Autore: Ferguson James <1959->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 1999; ©1999
• ISBN: 1-280-08823-0; 9786613520319; 0-520-92228-X; 0-585-28303-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Perspectives on Southern Africa ; ; 57
• Disciplina: 306/.096894
• Soggetti: Urban anthropology - Zambia - Copperbelt Province; Urbanization - Zambia - Copperbelt Province; Industrialization - Zambia - Copperbelt Province; Copper industry and trade - Zambia - Copperbelt Province; Copper mines and mining - Zambia - Copperbelt Province; Zambia Social conditions 1964-; Zambia Economic conditions 1964-; Zambia Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Cases -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Copperbelt in Theory -- 2. Expectations of Permanence -- 3. Rural Connections, Urban Styles -- 4. "Back to the Land"? -- 5. Expectations of Domesticity -- 6. Asia in Miniature -- 7. Global Disconnect -- Postscript: December 1998 -- Appendix: Mineworkers' Letters -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960's and early 1970's was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970's, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Focusing on the experiences of mineworkers in the Copperbelt region, James Ferguson traces the failure of standard narratives of urbanization and social change to make sense of the Copperbelt's recent history. He instead develops alternative analytic tools appropriate for an "ethnography of decline. "Ferguson shows how the Zambian copper workers understand their own experience of social, cultural, and economic "advance" and "decline." Ferguson's ethnographic study transports us into their lives-the dynamics of their relations with family and friends, as well as copper companies and government agencies. Theoretically sophisticated and vividly written, Expectations of Modernity will appeal not only to those interested in Africa today, but to anyone contemplating the illusory successes of today's globalizing economy.

After civil rights : racial realism in the new American workplace / / John D. Skrentny

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823641403321
• Autore: Skrentny John David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-691-16812-1; 1-4008-4849-0
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.13/30973
• Soggetti: Civil rights - United States; Civil service - United States; Discrimination in employment - United States; Race discrimination - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Managing Race in the American Workplace -- Chapter 2. Leverage -- Chapter 3. We the People -- Chapter 4. Displaying Race for Dollars -- Chapter 5. The Jungle Revisited? -- Chapter 6. Bringing Practice, Law, and Values Together -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that after decades of mass immigration, many employers, Democratic and Republican political leaders, and advocates have adopted a new strategy to manage race and work. Race is now relevant not only in negative cases of discrimination, but in more positive ways as well. In today's workplace, employers routinely practice "racial realism," where they view race as real--as a job qualification. Many believe employee racial differences, and sometimes immigrant status, correspond to unique abilities or evoke desirable reactions from clients or citizens. They also see racial diversity as a way to increase workplace dynamism. The problem is that when employers see race as ; useful for organizational effectiveness, they are often in violation of civil rights law. After Civil Rights examines this emerging strategy in a wide range of employment situations, including the low-skilled sector, professional and white-collar jobs, and entertainment and media. In this important book, Skrentny urges us to acknowledge the racial realism already occurring, and lays out a series of reforms that, if enacted, would bring the law and lived experience more in line, yet still remain respectful of the need to protect the civil rights of all workers.