Blood Transfusions (BT) are necessary when a patient loses more than 0.5 liters of blood.and the haematocrit becomes low in a surgical procedure. Intraoperative Blood Salvage (IBS) is a technique frequently used during surgeries that have a greater potential for large blood volume loss to reduce or avoid allogeneic red blood cell transfusions along with their associated risks and costs. As blood becomes more and more a rare commodity, surgeries are increasingly cancelled due to a lack of available matched
Main benefits of Autologous Salvaged Blood for patients and physicians are:
does not result in immunological challenges and associated safety issues,