Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit

Bloodless Medicine and Surgery is a programme aimed at meeting a patient's medical and surgical needs without the use of blood bank products.

There are a wide variety of reasons for refusing a blood transfusion. Certain patients choose to completely forgo blood transfusions based on their religious beliefs or personal convictions. Others may wish to avoid the use of donated blood to minimise the risk of blood-borne infections, avoiding suppression of the immune system.

Bloodless medicine is based on the concept of Patient Blood Management (PBM), a programme that aims to improve clinical outcomes by reducing or eliminating the need for blood transfusions. This type of approach is multidisciplinary and its main evidence is based on science.

Some of the main benefits include a reduction in complications associated with transfusions; fewer infections; faster patient recovery; shorter hospital stays; and conservation of a scarce resource such as blood.

For further information, simply contact the Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit at Centro Médico Teknon.

All medical and surgical procedures can be performed under a policy of restriction in the use of blood products. There are currently only a small number of procedures where bloodless methods are not viable.

It is now possible to conduct various surgical interventions, including oncological, orthopaedic, cardiac, and spinal procedures, without the necessity of blood products.

Despite considerable interest in the idea of artificial blood or blood substitutes, there are currently no products of this nature available for medical or surgical use. However, clinical trials and research are currently underway on these products.

A restrictive transfusion policy provides multiple benefits to the patient, such as:

• The preservation of a scarce resource, such as blood
• The increase in patient safety
• Shorter hospital stay
• Reduced potential exposure to immune disorders secondary to transfusion

Bloodless surgery can be performed with careful planning and preparation to detect situations that pose a risk of bleeding, and by identifying and treating preoperative anaemia. This preoperative anaemia can be treated with certain medications and iron supplements administered a few weeks before surgery to stimulate the production of more red blood cells.

During surgery, blood can be conserved using surgical techniques and anaesthesia, employing the best technology to prevent or stop excessive bleeding. In many cases, intraoperative blood loss can be recovered, recycled, and returned to the patient.

Yes, with the consent of the child’s father, mother or legal guardian. Our specialists at Centro Médico Teknon are dedicated to exploring and fully pursuing all means to circumvent blood transfusions in paediatric treatments.

However, Spanish law requires doctors to administer blood transfusions to minors if this is considered essential to prevent the death of the patient or the loss of a major organ function.

Yes, participation in the bloodless programme is completely voluntary, and you may withdraw from the programme at any time.

No. The Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit serves the patients and specialists at Centro Médico Teknon.

Our patients are treated according to an individualised process that is tailored to their specific needs. Our centre's comprehensive array of medical and surgical disciplines engages with the Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit programme, functioning collaboratively to satisfy the healthcare demands of every patient. Our programme operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to care for our patients.

The answer to the question of how much blood we have in our bodies varies from person to person, as factors such as weight, height, age and gender are taken into account. However, the estimated average amount ranges between 4.5 and 6.5 litres, which represents approximately 7.7% of total body weightl.

Knowing our blood type is essential in order to donate blood and receive transfusions safely at critical moments, in the case of patients who choose to use the services of the Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit at Centro Médico Teknon.

Haemostasis is defined as a set of mechanisms designed to stop bleeding; in other words, the human body's ability to keep liquid blood inside the blood vessels when damage occurs.

It is at this point that haemostasis initiates the mechanism of clot formation to stop bleeding, which continues with the activation of platelets (responsible for repairing the damage) and finally ends with the dissolution of these clots.

In order to perform bloodless surgery at the Bloodless Medicine Unit of the Centro Médico Teknon, this factor and many other important ones must be taken into account and carefully planned by its extensive team of professionals. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our patients are treated according to an individualised process that is tailored to their specific needs. Our centre's comprehensive array of medical and surgical disciplines engages with the Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit programme, functioning collaboratively to satisfy the healthcare demands of every patient. Our programme operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to care for our patients.

For more information on the Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit, simply contact us:

• Telephone: 93 290 62 99 / 900 301 013
• E-mail:
  • To schedule an appointment: umcss@teknon.es
  • For further information: info.umcss@teknon.es