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Table IV.

Contraindications to intra-operative recovery of blood.

Condition	Cause or contaminant
Presence of solutions and drugs in the operating field	Haemostatic agents for topical use
	Synthetic resins (methylmetacrylate)
	Irrigating solutions of disinfectants for topical use (oxygenated water, betadine, distilled water, alcohol)
	Anticoagulant drugs
Presence of contaminants in the operating field	Urine
	Bone fragments
	Adipose tissue
	Faeces
	Infection of areas of the operating field
	Amniotic fluid^*
Malignant tumours	Neoplastic cells^**
Haematological diseases	Sickle cell anaemia
Haematological diseases	Thalassaemia
Miscellaneous	Carbon monoxide (electrocautery smoke)
	Catecholamines (phaeochromocytoma)
	Decongestant drugs (oxymetazoline)

Note

^*:

the passage of the recovered blood through leucodepletion filters effectively removes squamous cells and other contaminants derived from amniotic fluid¹⁶,¹⁰⁴,¹⁵⁴,²²³,²³³.

^**:

Intra-operative recovery can be carried out in cancer surgery for malignant neoplasia provided the subsequent reinfusion of the intra-operative recovered red cell concentrates occurs through leucodepletion filters and after irradiation (25 Gy) of the product to be reinfused⁶,²⁷,¹⁵⁴,²³⁶–²⁵⁷.