The risks and complications of blood transfusion are well documented. One technique commonly used to help reduce the need for bank blood is autotransfusion, also referred to as intraoperative autotransfusion (IAT) or autologous blood transfusion. IAT is a method of collecting the patient’s blood lost during surgery, processing it, and returning it to the patient. This can significantly reduce, or even eliminate the need for blood transfusions, which in turn reduces complications and the cost of care.
Al Stammers, MSA, CCP, SpecialtyCare’s Director of Clinical Quality and Outcomes Research, recently looked at our IAT data as documented in SCOPE, the SpecialtyCare Operative Procedural Registry®. SCOPE is the largest registry of perfusion-related data in the U.S., and is used for quality improvement and to conduct original research.
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