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. 1991 Jul;73(4):235–238.

Efficiency of blood use and prospects for autologous transfusion in general surgery.

B Jaffray 1, P M King 1, M M Basheer 1, J Gillon 1
PMCID: PMC2499425  PMID: 1863046

Abstract

A 6-month retrospective audit of crossmatch and transfusion practice in a general surgical unit has been performed. Inefficiencies in blood ordering practices have been demonstrated and the value of performing a local audit to allow estimation of blood needs has been proven. Using criteria based on the suggested tariff for operations derived from this audit, only a small number of general surgical patients would be considered as potential autologous blood donors.

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