One fee
A single per-case price covering clinician, equipment and disposables. No capital outlay, no maintenance contract, no training burden.
Public and private
Both sectors, metropolitan and regional, from day one. We serve all of Victoria with the same standards and systems.
Cover built in
A national operator pool supports our Victorian resident clinicians. Consistent training and protocols between states means seamless support to your hospital, even during surges of clinical activity.
What is cell salvage?
The patient's own blood, given back.
Intraoperative cell salvage collects the blood a patient loses during surgery, washes and concentrates it, and returns their own red cells to them. No donor blood, no cross-match, no wait on the blood bank.
It works in three steps.
Collect. Blood lost at the surgical field is suctioned into a sterile reservoir and anticoagulated as it goes.
Process. The collected blood is filtered, washed and spun down. This separates and concentrates the red cells and removes plasma, surgical fluid and debris.
Return. The patient's own washed red cells are reinfused, often within minutes, restoring volume from the patient's own circulation.
Because the blood given back is the patient's own, there is no compatibility risk and no reaction from donor blood. It also draws nothing from the donor supply.
Clinical Scope
Wherever significant blood loss is anticipated, cell salvage provides a clinically appropriate autologous blood conservation option, complementing a wide range of surgical cases
Cardiac Surgery
Redo and complex cases in particular, where anticipated losses are highest.
Urology and Gynae-oncology
Cystectomy, prostatectomy and debulking procedures.
Major Orthopaedics
Revision hip and knee, complex spine including scoliosis and multi-level fusion, tumour surgery.
Hepatic and Trauma
Liver resection, and trauma in centres where external support is part of the model.
Obstetrics
Placenta accreta spectrum, anticipated postpartum haemorrhage, and patients who decline donor blood.
Vascular
Open aneurysm repair and complex peripheral cases.
Clinical Excellence
Our resident Melbourne clinicians handle your cases with completeness and care, from pre-case planning through to the quality record. They will integrate seamlessly into your perioperative team and be reliably present, prompt and helpful. Their operations are overseen by a senior clinical leadership team, plus a national pool of credentialled operators who step up when they are booked or away. TBS offers the same standards, same systems and same fee, whoever delivers the case.
Clinically aligned with Australian blood management
Total Blood Solutions brings proven autotransfusion expertise to Victoria, with an independent local service model informed by the clinical experience and service standards of Australian Blood Management, an established provider of perfusion and cell salvage services in New South Wales.
Key people
Oliver Marx, Lead Melbourne Clinician
Casey Edwards, Clinical Lead
James Northcott, Clinical Training and Quality