Perioperative Autologous Cell Salvage

The Red Cross can provide exceptional Perioperative Autologous Cell Salvage (PACS) services at your surgery center, reducing your need for additional staff, training, and equipment. PACS is most commonly used during orthopedic, vascular, cardiac, neurologic, gynecologic, urologic, transplant, and trauma surgeries and offers the following clinical benefits:

• Reduced risk of disease transmission and transfusion reactions for patients.
  
• Conservation of blood inventories, ensuring supply for critical allogeneic transfusions.
  

In addition to the clinical benefits, Red Cross PACS services can offer your institution many operational benefits:

• A Red Cross technician works independently, reducing the need for additional hospital personnel in the operating room.
• The Red Cross provides the PACS equipment, reducing your need for capital expenditures.
• The Red Cross employs strict training and competency protocols, and many staff have extensive experience performing PACS procedures.
• Your institution may reduce expenses associated with allogeneic transfusion support by reducing the amount of blood purchased and required compatibility testing.

The American Red Cross utilizes PACS policies and procedures designed in conformance with the guidelines and standards of the AABB, The Joint Commission and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and applicable state requirements.