What about asking the doctors about cell salvage? it's a process that does not use transfusion but rather uses the patients own blood by draining it out to a storage 'tank' as such and then cleans it and returns it to the body. The patient recovers much quicker and therefore there is no risk of unsafe or the wrong type of blood being used.
Australian hospitals are being trained in this method but not generally offered to you unless you know about it and ask for it!
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