Clinical Study

Comprehensive Look at Blood Transfusion Utilization in Total Joint Arthroplasty at a Single Academic Medical Center under a Single Surgeon

Table 3

Autologous blood donation and utilization.

ā€‰Total donators (%)Units donatedDonators who required transfusionPatients who wasted total donation Avg. donated units wastedPatients with breakthrough transfusionsAvg. breakthrough units

TKA62 (25%)1.651380%1.37%2
TKA-R0000%000
THA45 (29%)1.52251%1.432%1.6
THA-R6 (11%)1.3433%1.500