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Theme Section: ESFH Proceedings| Volume 20, ISSUE 1, P37-42, February 1999

Cost containment in platelet transfusion: clinical and technical aspects

      Presently there is considerable emphasis placed on cost containment of in the health care system. In blood transfusion (BT) there are several ways to meet demand. In this field, advances in medical technology have been of paramount importance. Autologous BT is the simplest way to deal with the problem, a second method is the use of new drugs which can be employed along with autologous transfusion systems to supplement allogeneic BT. The third way to reduce costs is related to the Multicomponent Collection System (MCS). First described in 1987 for autologous transfusion using the name of preoperative sequestration of PRBC, plasma and platelets from a patient as the beginning of the operative session, MCS has expanded to include the collection of multiple blood components from the same donor during a single donation.
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