We use Albumin for volume now hespan is a thing of the past for us. Also with autotransfusing the atrium you are not only giving back HMG and HCT but also the irrigant and heparin used durring...
I work in an 11 bed CSICU we are currently researching the CardioPat. We stopped auto-transfusing the atriums about 3-4 years ago and even then we only did it in an emergency with alot of blood loss....