As the health care industry's most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare's Telemetry & Progressive Care Unit Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Autotransfusion. MCN's policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Autotransfusion:

	POLICY: It is the policy of Hospital to have a uniform method of collecting autologous blood for reinfusion. Autologous blood collected from the patient intraoperatively from the operative site may be collected in the Autotransfusion System and re-infused, per physician order, by an RN. A physician's order is required for reinfusion. The order will specify the volume to be collected prior to reinfusion, the type and amount of anticoagulant to be used if any, and whether another reinfusion will be done from the drainage system at another time. The transfusion of shed blood collected...
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	...blood collection for reinfusion. CONTRAINDICATIONS: A malignant, septic or morbid wound site. Literature references include reports of metastases, infection and/or abnormal blood conditions associated with these conditions. Re-infused blood contaminated with microfibrillar collagen can result in platelet aggregation and embolization. This device, therefore, should not be used in conjunction with collagen hemostatic agents. DESCRIPTION: The Hemovac Auto Transfusion System includes...