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Postoperative blood salvage is used to remove shed blood from the surgical cavity that has been closed at the completion of the surgical procedure.

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What is a postoperative donation of blood?

Postoperative blood collection: blood lost from the surgical site right after surgery is collected and re-infused after the surgical site has been closed


What is another name for blood salvage?

Blood salvage , which is also called autotransfusion


What is blood salvage?

Blood salvage is the recovery of a patient's own blood from the surgical site to be readministered to the patient.


What is the benefit to the patient of blood salvage?

The patient benefits from blood salvage by the elimination of the risk of blood-transmitted virus or blood transfusion reactions.


What is the purpose of blood salvage?

Blood salvage is performed during surgical procedures when the risk of significant blood loss is expected. The recovered blood is collected, processed, and readministered to the patient.


What is intra operative salvage?

Intra operative salvage is a medical procedure done to recover blood lost in a surgery. This is done by re-infusing blood into the patient.


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Who are not eligible for blood salvage?

Patients having surgical procedures involving amniotic fluid, malignancies, bowel contamination, or microfibrillar collagen materials are not eligible for blood salvage.


What is the correct spelling of postoperative care or post-operative care?

postoperative post-operative


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What is cell salvage?

CELL SALVAGE Reduces blood loss.Blood is recovered during surgery from a wound or body cavity. It is washed or filtered and then, perhaps in a continuous process, returned to the patient.


Is postoperative hyphenated or not?

It is not hyphenated.