Efficient Distributed Inventory Improves Safety and Lowers Cost

In the blood bank, Mediware’s HCLL™ Transfusion Management System provides state-of-the-art technology and robust process controls to ensure blood safety. But as the Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) study documented, more than two thirds of transfusion errors occur away from the blood bank and on the hospital floor.

To address these pressing issues Mediware has introduced BloodSafe™ to extend transfusion safety outside the four walls of the blood bank with secure, remote release capabilities and optional point of care technologies.

BloodSafe's intelligent remote release refrigerators improve product distribution by making blood products immediately available to high-need areas such as the OR and ED. Together, these components deliver powerful management reporting capabilities, complete fate-of-unit traceability, and rapid accessibility that result in improved safety controls, increased efficiency, and reduced waste.

BloodSafe components include:

• BloodSafe Tx - Right blood to right patient via handheld PDA
• BloodSafe Courier - Controls and tracks blood throughout the hospital
• BloodSafe OnDemand - Ability to allocate ABO units at remote refrigerators
• BloodSafe Hemosafe - Dispenses individual blood units in less than 60 seconds from 150 refrigerated compartments
• BloodSafe Enquiry - Enables caregivers to query the location of blood units and check the status of transfusions
• BloodSafe AutoFate - Allows the fate of a blood unit to be recorded at the nursing station and be electronically sent to the blood bank
• BloodSafe Manager - Maintains a central repository of transfusion and blood movement events to enable full blood auditing
• AutoPPI® - Supplies positive patient identification using 2D bar-coded wristbands

BloodSafe products can be implemented as a phased or modular deployment, with multiple configurations available. BloodSafe can be integrated with Mediware’s HCLL Transfusion in the blood bank for complete closed loop blood management or be operated with third party blood bank systems.

Register for a BloodSafe information kit.