Autologous Blood Product

An autologous blood product describes a patient's own blood or blood component. There are several methods for collecting autologous blood; blood that is pre-donated by the patient prior to surgery, is called pre-deposit autologous blood donation (PABD) or collected during a surgical procedure called intraoperative autologous donation (IAD). Blood collected from the surgical field, that is washed and concentrated by centrifugation is terms cell salvage.