title: Intraoperative autotransfusion: a community program.
abstract: The Southern Arizona Regional Blood Program of the American Red Cross in cooperation with Tucson hospitals conducted a pilot program of the provision of intraoperative autologous transfusion services. The service provided instruments, staff, and disposables to salvage and wash red cells shed during scheduled and emergency surgical procedures. The lower cost and other efficiencies of providing this service through a regional blood center suggest that it may be more appropriate to offer this service on a regional basis than exclusively within a hospital. Hospitals and regional blood centers should consider offering this advanced form of hemotherapy to their communities.
authors: Southern Arizona Regional Red Cross Blood Program, Tucson 85719.
authors: G F
authors: GF
authors: Giordano
authors: B A
authors: BA
authors: Wallace
authors: S L
authors: SL
authors: Rivers
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: AuBuchon
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Bakos
authors: D K
authors: DK
authors: Stewart
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Gonzales
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Harris
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pohlbeber
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Siedel
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012011:Red Cross