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[Kinetics of bacterial wash-out in the Haemonetics Cell Saver III]
K H Wollinsky1, H H Mehrkens, P Geiger
1Abteilung Anästhesiologie/Intensivmedizin, Universität Ulm.
Beitrage Zur Infusionstherapie = Contributions to Infusion Therapy
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Autologous, outdated blood units were inoculated with four types of bacteria--Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus--in two concentrations (10e4, 10e6) to test the effect of the washing procedure (Cell Saver III Haemonetics) on the elimination of bacteria. The elimination rate ranged from 17% (Streptococcus faec. 10e4) to 96% (Pseudomonas aer. 10e6). These results confirm the routine use of wash centrifuge systems (type Cell Saver) to process shed wound blood as well as drainage blood for autologous transfusions.