Preoperative Autologous Donation (PAD)

Scope

The routine use of PAD is not recommended because, although it reduces the risk of allogeneic RBC transfusion, it does have a number of risks associated with the process of collecting and transfusing autologous blood. PAD should only be used in exceptional circumstances e.g. rare blood group antibodies where transfusion requirements cannot be met with allogeneic blood.