Technologist in Blood Banking - BB(ASCP) and BB(ASCPⁱ)

Specialist in Blood Banking - SBB(ASCP) and SBB(ASCPⁱ)

Journals

• Immunohematology. Published by Sciendo.
• Journal of Clinical Apheresis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
• Transfusion. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
• Transfusion Medicine. Published John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
• Transfusion Medicine Reviews. Published by ScienceDirect.
• Vox Sanguinis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
• Connelly-Smith, L., et al. (2023). Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice – Evidence-Based Approach from the Writing Committee of the American Society for Apheresis: The Ninth Special Issue.  Journal of Clinical Apheresis, 38(2), 77-278. https://doi.org/10.1002/jca.22043

Texts

Regulations

• AABB. (2024). Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services (34^th ed.). Bethesda, MD: AABB Press. 
• AABB. (2024). Standards for Immunohematology Reference Laboratories (13^th ed.).  Bethesda, MD: AABB Press.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR):

• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Parts 600, 601,606, 607, 610, 660, 680. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office.
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42.493.Public Health—Laboratory Requirements. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office.
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Section 1910.1450 Occupational Safety and Health Standards Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances, Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories. Washington D.C.:  U.S. Government Publishing Office.
•   Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Section 1910.1030. Occupational Safety and Health Standards Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances, Bloodborne pathogens. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office

General Immunohematology

• Cohn, C.S., et al. (Eds.). (2023). Technical Manual (21^st ed.). Bethesda, MD: AABB Press. 
• Doucette, L.J. (2021). Mathematics for the Clinical Laboratory (4^th ed.) St. Louis: Elsevier.
• Harmening, D.M. (2018). Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices (7^th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
• Howard, P.R. & Hicks, W.A. (2025). Basic & Applied Concepts of Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices (6^th ed.) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, Inc.
• Reid, M.E., Lomas-Francis, C., & Olsson, M.L. (2012). The Blood Group Antigen Facts Book (3^rd ed.). San Diego, CA: Elsevier, Academic Press.
• Vege, S., Gannett, M., & Delaney, M. (2020). Introduction to Molecular Immunohematology. Bethesda, MD: AABB Press.

For current blood group antigen nomenclature, refer to this website:

• International Society of Blood Transfusion

Hematology, Hemostasis, HLA, and Immunology

• Eisenbrey, A.B. (2021). HLA from Benchtop to Bedside (1^st ed.). San Diego, CA: Elsevier, Academic Press.
• Keohane, E.M., et al. (2024). Rodak’s Hematology: Clinical Principles & Applications (7^th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
• Miller, L.E. & Stevens, C.D. (2021). Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective (5^th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.

Transfusion Practice

• Cushing, M., Poisson, J., & Bandarenko, N. (Eds.). (2023). Blood Transfusion Therapy: A Handbook (14^th ed.). Bethesda, MD: AABB Press.
• *Schmidt, A. & Sullivan, H.C. (Eds.). (2023). Transfusion Medicine Self-Assessment and Review (4^th ed.). Bethesda, MD: AABB Press.  *This reference is more appropriate for the Specialist (SBB) Level

Management
The following references are more appropriate for the Specialist (SBB) level

• Cohn, C.S., et al. (Eds.). (2023). Technical Manual (21^st ed.). Bethesda, MD: AABB Press.
• Garcia, L.S., et al. (Eds.). (2024). Clinical Laboratory Management (3^rd ed.). Washington D.C.: ASM Press.
• Harmening, D.M. (2020). Laboratory Management: Principles and Processes (4^th ed.). St. Petersburg: D.H. Pub. & Consulting, Inc.

Online

• AABB Resources
• Blood Bank Guy – Transfusion Medicine Education
• CAP Accreditation Checklists
• International Society of Blood Transfusion
• Transfusion Medicine Questions

Reviewed May 2025