Plastic Surgery Transfusion Maximums
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Number =
No. of crossmatched units. The patient must be informed of autologous, directed, and non-directed homologous blood (Paul Gann Blood Safety Act 1990) and informed consent for transfusion obtained whenever the expected number of blood units for elective surgery >0 and the patient has contraindications for autologous donation.
T&S =
Type and Antibody Screen
0 =
No specimen for Blood Bank
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MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED UNITS OF BLOOD FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY
PLASTIC SURGERY
Augmentation mammoplasty
0
Large Burn (ICU) Debridement & STSG
6
Otoplasty
0
Rhinoplasty
0
Reduction mammoplasty
T&S
Repair of cleft palate, lip
0
Repair of decubital ulcer
2
Skin flap/pedicle
T&S
Skin graft
0
Split thickness skin graft (STSG)
T&S