From AMC handbook of clinical medicine

• 🍒How long is the blood used in autologous blood transfuion good for?
• 🍒How much blood is used?
• Benefits
  • The procedure removes the risk of disease transmission (particularly by viruses) or imcompatibilities and allergies inherent in standard homologous blood transfusion from another doner
• Autologous transfusion is only considered when:
  • The date of the surgical procedure can be virtually guaranteed
  • The patient’s haemoglobin concentration exceeds 110 g/L (135 g/L in women); and
  • It is likely that a substantial amount of blood will be lost during the procedure