Surgical Services

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Autotransfusion

LUCENT Surgical Solutions can help you reduce the cost of your blood management program and improve patient outcomes with our autotransfusion services.

Our team of highly-skilled autotransfusionists is available to perform autotransfusion procedures using a variety of cell saver techniques and equipment, including rapid infusion systems, in emergent, stand-by and scheduled cases in both intra-operative and post-operative settings.

In addition, our service includes providing and maintaining all the required equipment and disposables, performing quality checks and submitting detailed procedural reports, as needed.

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Autotransfusion Patient Benefits

Autotransfusion, also known as cell saving, is the process of collecting shed blood from the surgical field, adding an anti-coagulant, and then filtering, washing and separating the red blood cells from the plasma for re‐administration to the patient. Patient benefits include:

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Immediate availability of viable red blood cells, reducing delays
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Avoids religious concerns related to donor products
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Removes blood type incompatibility & disease risks

Autotransfusion Provider / Facility Benefits

Common procedures utilizing autotransfusion include orthopedic, cardiovascular, vascular, thoracic, general, gynecology, trauma, transplant, and neurologic surgeries. Autotransfusion is a better solution than donated blood transfusion due to the following:
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Reduces the cost of blood acquisition, testing & storage

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Avoid fluidity & red blood cells function reduction

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Reduce you patients’ risk of infection &complications