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Transfusion Medicine (Institute)

Emphases in Patient Care

  • Supply of Blood Products for patients of the University Hospital: Red blood cell concentrates, platelet concentrates, and fresh frozen plasma

  • Supply of Special Blood Products for Patients of the University Hospital: Irradiated blood products, HLA-and HPA-selected platelets

  • Blood transfusion laboratory: Blood grouping, antibody differentiation, cross-matching, hemolytic anemias

  • Transplantation Laboratory: HLA typing, antibody differentiation, cross-matching Stem cell therapy, Stem cell mobilization, and procurement

  • TRALI Screening Laboratory: Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI), and autoimmune thrombocytopenia

  • Molecular Diagnostics: Blood groups, platelet and granulocyte antigens, and sequencing

  • Perinatal Siagnostics: Hemolytic disease of the new-born, and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

  • Bone Marrow Donor Registry

  • Clinical Hemotherapy with 24-hour counseling

Emphases in Research

  • Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia of the newborn

  • Mediators of TRALI Syndrome

  • Transfusion-Transmitted Viruses

  • Immune regulation by complement

Emphases in Education

  • Blood cells, Rational hemotherapy, Transfusion reactions, Immune thrombocytopenia, TRALI syndrome, and Transfusion-transmitted diseases

Institute of Transfusion Medicine 

Director

Prof. Dr. med. Siegfried Görg


Contact

UKSH International
Phone
Kiel: +49 431 500-10730 | Lübeck: +49 451 500-10735
e-mail international@uksh.de