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autotransfusion

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autotransfusion /au·to·trans·fu·sion/ (-trans-fu´zhun) reinfusion of a patient's own blood.
au·to·trans·fu·sion t-trns-fyzhn)
n.
Infusion of blood or blood products into the individual from whom they were originally withdrawn.

autotransfusion
reinfusion of a patient's own blood.


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3-T Medical Systems, Bloomfield, MI, a marketer of blood collection/filtering products, and Geneva Medical Products, Walworth, WI, a manufacturer of custom thermoplastic components, announced their collaboration on a new line of products in support of autotransfusion, a procedure by which patients become their own blood donors.
A national survey of nearly 5,000 surgery patients at 18 university hospitals during January and February 1986 found that only 5 percent of the 590 patients considered eligible for autotransfusion donated their own blood.
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