We have a spine surgeon insisting on collecting and processing the fluid obtained from pulse lavage at the end of spinal fusions.  Once the pulse lavage is completed, bone graf...

Our circulating RN's set up, run, and quality control cell saver.  We try and have a second circulator if possible on these cases and if not the charge nurse assists with the set u...

We are checking potassium and hematocrit PRE and POST processing (to determine supernatant removal) then annually we also check albumin.  After processing we calculate Pla...