EATSET Biotechnology Seminar/Transfusion Workshop (2)
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What is the cost of the Emergency Autologous Transfusion device? Is
the duration of development and trial, and the people and organisa-
tions involved, reflected in the cost?
I first became aware in 1981 in Uganda, of the use, on appropriate
occasions, of a 'home made' kit which serves the same purpose as the
EATSET. The kit, comprising a glass IV fluid/blood bottle containing
anticoagulant, a glass funnel (chemical laboratory style), a small
steel bowl, gauze and something to secure it across the top of the
funnel, was prepared in the CSD and stored with the theatre packs. In
situations where split blood pooled in the peritoneal cavity was con-
sidered free of contamination, the blood was scooped up with the
bowl, poured through several layers of gauze into the bottle, and re-
infused (using a blood set with filter) when bleeding was controlled.
Such a technique would probably not recover as much blood as a suc-
tion device, but also does not risk the red cell damage which may re-
sult during suction.
Now a second question: have any readers used a similar technique?
Patricia Coyle FRCA FANZCA
Department of Anaesthesia
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Missenden Rd
Camperdown, NSW, 2050
Australia
Tel: +61-2-9515
Fax: +61-2-9519-2455
mailto:patricia@anae.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
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