Blood Control

Hospitals want solutions which will help them to ensure that the right blood is being transfused to the right patient. They want to be confident that each bag of blood have met standards such as time out of the fridge and blood life. At the same time, hospitals need to be more accountable for the use and management of this precious resource.

Hospitals are a busy environment and relying on manual registers and manual checks will not ensure that the right blood is being provided to the correct patient.

Hospitals are not confident to have blood returned from remote fridges and theatres as they are using manual systems to manage the blood when it is in their control. There is also a clear focus from hospital management and authorities on pathology departments to be more accountable for the usage of blood. Existing manual and handwritten systems with their inevitable high levels of mistakes are clearly not the answer!

The Blood Management solution from HealthRFID, Australia provides real-time tracking of blood throughout the cold chain.

The solution enables:

  • The tracking of individual blood bags through to transfusion.
  • Individually configurable, time-based notifications ensure that blood is delivered on time, blood isn’t out of the fridge longer than it should, and much more.
  • The system uses “touch n’ go” RFID technology to minimise transaction times and ensuring staff compliance.
  • Being digital, a full record of where each blood bag has been is available instantly.

Specimen Control

The loss of a non-replaceable specimens can occur when they roll under a car seat when they are transported, when they drop down the back of a bench at SRA or being lodged somewhere within the Lamson tube system. The first that pathology can find out about the issue is when the physician calls to follow-up on the test result. The loss goes to the heart of the relationship between the physician and the pathology organisation where the physician is putting their trust in the organisation to look after their patient’s specimen within the supply chain and provide accurate results. From a financial prospective it can lead to the loss of the physician’s future test revenue.

The Specimen tracking system from HealthRFID, Australia can be used to track individual specimens as well as eskies and their associated episodes. This provides Pathology with the peace of mind that if any specimens are misplaced within their supply chain, they will be identified immediately rather than have a physician follow-up the non-delivery of their test results.

The Specimen Tracking solution enables:

  • The tracking of individual specimen jars from collection through to SRA or individual labs.
  • The tracking of eskies and their associated patient episodes from collection through to SRA or between labs.
  • The fast reading of multiple specimen jars or episodes at each read point through the use of “touch n’ go” RFID technology to minimise transaction times.
  • Provides couriers with real-time information as to what specimens or eskies are ready to be picked up from what collection center.
  • Individually configurable, time-based notifications ensure that specimens reach each point within the required time.

Label Control

Between 6-8% of all blood tests in hospitals need to be recollected.

This error rate occurs in traditional manual blood sample collection because of incorrect, unreadable and missing label information. This is due to handwriting of patient details.

Blood Sample labelling solution from HealthRFID, Australia ensures that blood sample collection and patient identification takes place at the bedside.

The solution enables:

  • The production of printed sample labels at the bedside thereby minimising mistakes and recollection.
  • The positive patient identification of the patient and the test to be undertaken.
  • The solution can be integrated with HealthRFID’s specimen tracking solution enabling the tracking of the test through to the lab.

Clinical Control

The loss of tests can occur at any time within a time-sensitive clinical trial process, impacting on the test results provided to the customer. Complete and granular digital data is required to replace manual work and registers to ensure that the right decisions are made and to achieve compliance. A complete system is required to manage the individual clinical trials, from checks at point-of-test collection, positive patient identification and vital matching of aliquots to the original patient blood sample.

For the first time, ClinicalControl system from HealthRFID, Australia can be used to track individual tests as well as the overall clinical trial project. This ensures that individual tests will not be misplaced within their supply chain, that all tests required by the project are being undertaken and that all aliquots required by the customer will be sent.

The ClinicalControl Tracking solution enables:

  • The tracking of individual tests from collection through to aliquot, through to despatch to the customer.
  • The labelling of the tests to replace the handwriting of individual tests.
  • The fast reading of multiple tests or episodes at each read point through the use of “touch n’ go” RFID technology to minimise transaction times.
  • Individually configurable, time-based notifications ensure that tests reach each point within the required time.
  • Notification is provided via the ControlPoint dashboard, or email or SMS as required, when tests are not taken according to the requirements of the protocol.