Clinical Utility of Autologous Salvaged Blood: a Review.
Steven M FrankRobert A SikorskiGerhardt KonigDiamantis I TsilimigrasJan HartmannMark A PopovskyTimothy M PawlikJonathan H WatersPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
In addition to other methods of blood conservation used in patient blood management programs, autologous salvaged blood adds value and is cost effective for appropriate surgical cases. Evidence suggests that autologous salvaged blood may be of higher quality and confer a cost reduction compared with the allogeneic banked blood, when used appropriately.