Piloting the use of 2D barcode and patient safety‐software in an Australian tertiary hospital setting

Miller, Kristy; Akers, Christine; Magrin, Geoff; Whitehead, Susan F.; Davis, Amanda

doi:10.1111/vox.12034

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“…The British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) Guidelines stated that"the use of a bedside blood tracking system does not replace the role of the well trained and competency assessed clinician who administers blood components" 25) . More advanced systems, such as two-dimensional bar code 26) and radiofrequency identification (RFID) 27) will be introduced in the near future. The economic aspects and availability of products remain issues regarding implementing these technologies.…”

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Electronic Pre-Transfusion Check at the Bedside: Experience at Juntendo University Hospital

Ohsaka

2019

Juntendo Medical Journal

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Although the current risks of viral transmission through blood components are very small, mistransfusion, in which the wrong blood is transfused to the wrong patient, remains the most common type of error in transfusion practice. Many studies have revealed that mistransfusion occurs resulting from failure to perform the final patient identification check at the bedside. Thus, pre-transfusion check at the bedside is the most critical step for the prevention of mistransfusion. An electronic identification system (EIS) is ideally suited to pre-transfusion check requirements. An experience at the Juntendo University Hospital showed that the bar code-based EIS works well on a hospital-wide basis in the setting of regular allogeneic blood transfusion, preoperative autologous blood donation and transfusion, pediatric transfusion, and hematopoietic progenitor cell infusion at the bedside. Approximately 110,000 blood components have been transfused over a 10.5-year period without a single mistransfusion. The overall compliance rate with electronic pre-transfusion check at the bedside was 98.2%. Human error was the most frequent cause of errors leading to failure of the ʻsecondʼ electronic pre-transfusion check. If we want to reduce the risk of mistransfusion to improve transfusion safety, we have to address the issue at the hospital level, with a system-based approach.

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Electronic Pre-Transfusion Check at the Bedside: Experience at Juntendo University Hospital

Ohsaka

2019

Juntendo Medical Journal

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“…Similar results were shown in a pilot study in Australia, where data from auditing revealed poor compliance with patient identification pretransfusion. Following the introduction of 2-dimensional bar code technology and patient safety software, audit results revealed correct patient identification improved from 57% to 94% [17].…”

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The Evolving Role of the Transfusion Practitioner

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Akers²,

Davis³

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Transfusion Medicine Reviews

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“…Machine‐readable identification technology is ideally suited for matching alpha‐numeric identifiers and is very helpful in preventing slip and lapse errors . Systems based on barcoding technology have been used successfully in preventing bedside errors in transfusion as they can address the various human errors that may occur during the transfusion processes . The system would usually consist of patient wristband with barcoded patient identifying information, a mobile printer connected wirelessly to a hand‐held computer with barcode reading function with or without connectivity to the hospital information system.…”

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“…This helps to reduce the likelihood of operator being distracted and ensure that the correct protocol is being followed. In fact, studies have showed great improvement on the compliance of operators to protocols after implementation of electronic system for blood transfusion. Such system would reduce the number of manual procedures in the transfusion process and thereby reduce human errors.…”

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Using information technology to eliminate wrong blood transfusions

Chu

Cheng

2015

ISBT Science Series

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Advances in the last three decades have dramatically improved blood safety, and wrong blood transfusion (mistransfusion) has now became the most important serious hazards of blood transfusion. The application of information technology in minimizing mistransfusion has further enhanced transfusion safety through the reduction of human steps that are prone to errors. Electronic bedside identification system using hand-held computer and portable printer will minimize the risk of mistransfusion caused by blood sampling error for compatibility testing and patient identification error before blood administration. Fully automated blood bank immunohaematology testing systems together with laboratory information system (LIS) would minimize blood bank errors. Remote electronic blood release system can be considered an extension of the blood bank LIS to the point of care in ensuring the safe release of computer cross-match-compatible blood. Computer physician order entry (CPOE) would guide physicians in making appropriate requests, and connectivity with clinical data repository and blood bank LIS would provide clinical decision support and thus help to prevent human errors.

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Piloting the use of 2D barcode and patient safety‐software in an Australian tertiary hospital setting

Abstract: This pilot study demonstrates that 2D barcode technology and patient safety-software significantly improves the bedside check of patient and blood product identification in an Australian setting.

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Electronic Pre-Transfusion Check at the Bedside: Experience at Juntendo University Hospital

Electronic Pre-Transfusion Check at the Bedside: Experience at Juntendo University Hospital

The Evolving Role of the Transfusion Practitioner

Using information technology to eliminate wrong blood transfusions

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