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How would I establish a perioperative blood salvage program?
Author(s) -
Berg Mary,
Justison George
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03780.x
Subject(s) - autotransfusion , medicine , perioperative , blood management , blood transfusion , intensive care medicine , blood preservation , surgery , andrology
Nearly one‐quarter of the nation's blood supply is transfused to surgical patients. In many institutions, blood management programs that include autotransfusion (perioperative blood salvage) have been developed to decrease the need for allogeneic transfusion in eligible surgical patients. This article reviews management concepts related to an autotransfusion service.