Blood conservation and surgical suction
Can a sucker make a positive contribution to blood conservation?
Today we are in an era where neonatal oxygenator prime volumes can be in the 40ml range and adult oxygenator prime volumes can be less than 200ml.
If a sucker, such as the P2525 TEMED Mini Sucker, can retrieve an additional 200ml in autologous blood when compared to similar products used during cardiac surgery procedures, then surely this is a positive step towards using such a product to aid in blood conservation and patient blood management.
A very simple test was carried out using 400ml of fluid creating a depth of 8mm in a container. The pump was set at 0.6LPM. This experiment can of course be repeated in any Perfusion Department or other appropriate Surgical Department.
Each sucker tested was held in one position at the corner of the container. From previous tests it has been shown that moving the sucker will increase the amount of fluid retrieved; you might have seen a previous video where the TEMED Mini Sucker managed to remove almost every drop of fluid.
The TEMED Mini Sucker was compared with four other weighted suckers and in this simple experiment that can be repeated in any pump room it showed itself to be more efficient than the products it was tested against.
Therefore in these times when surgical incisions are getting smaller and when blood conservation is higher on the clinical agenda than it might have been some years ago; maybe it's time to look at the TEMED Mini Sucker.
How much fluid was sucked in 2 minutes.
- TEMED Mini Sucker = 325ml
- TEMED Sucker = 280ml
- Other Adult Sucker = 220ml
- Other Adult Sucker = 135ml
- Other Paediatric Sucker = 130ml
Just ask for some samples and create your own test.