Tracking blood products in blood centres using radio frequency identification: a comprehensive assessment

Davis, R.E.; Geiger, Bradley; Gutierrez, Alejandra; Heaser, Julie; Veeramani, Dharmaraj

doi:10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01174.x

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“…After redesign of the blood transfusion chain, the RFID system and methods presented in this study will then allow follow-up assessments of the effects of these efforts on the quality of the blood transfusion chain in the AMC. Other studies have successfully implemented RFID technology in blood transfusion medicine [10,12,16,[27][28][29][30], but did not focus on revealing the merits of RFID in assessment of the compliancy to blood chain quality guidelines, including those prescribing logistic and temperature constraints. Sandler showed that RF microchips can collect key data concerning for example the donor, the manufacturing, laboratory test results and expiration data during blood collections, can facilitate information transfer between blood centres and hospitals and confirm recipient blood unit match at the bed side [10].…”

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“…Also, information about objects tagged with for example RFID can be transmitted for multiple objects simultaneously, through physical barriers and from a distance, something which is impossible to realize with barcodes [22]. RFID further enables automated monitoring of the location and storage temperature of blood products within the distribution chain of a facility or during transportation [12,22]. Finally, the implementation of RFID in the blood transfusion chain could, for instance reduce the number of incorrect blood components transfused (IBCT) by using smart pumps that read RFID-coded data placed on blood bags and a patient's wristband [16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These facts emphasize that a significant improvement of RBCs' traceability could come from a better compliance to the rules of information transmission. Other studies have noted that current safeguards to prevent mistransfusions are inadequate [12][13][14][15][16]. A significant improvement in blood transfusion safety could come from automated systems supplying the relevant information to assess the adherence to guidelines, including those prescribing logistic and temperature constraints concerning the blood transfusion loop [8,10,[12][13][14][15][16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The most common form of automated identification, labelling and processing RBCs is barcode technology, which has demonstrated a reduction in blood management and supply chain problems and to reduce mistransfusion errors [12]. Unfortunately, broader adoption of this technology has been hindered due to its limitations [12,14]. Barcodes on medical products for instance have the disadvantage that they require active user interaction and that they must be read in a straight line (line-of-sight) [8,14,15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A significant improvement in blood transfusion safety could come from automated systems supplying the relevant information to assess the adherence to guidelines, including those prescribing logistic and temperature constraints concerning the blood transfusion loop [8,10,[12][13][14][15][16]. The most common form of automated identification, labelling and processing RBCs is barcode technology, which has demonstrated a reduction in blood management and supply chain problems and to reduce mistransfusion errors [12]. Unfortunately, broader adoption of this technology has been hindered due to its limitations [12,14].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Value of Radio Frequency Identification in Quality Management of the Blood Transfusion Chain in an Academic Hospital Setting (Preprint)

Peute¹,

Togt²,

Jansen³

et al. 2017

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Background: A complex process like the blood transfusion chain could benefit from modern technologies like RFID. RFID could for example play an important role in generating logistic and temperature data of blood products, which are important in assessing the quality of the logistic process of blood transfusions and the product itself. Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether location, time-stamp and temperature data generated in real-time by an active RFID system containing temperature sensors attached to Red Blood Cell products (RBCs), can be used to assess the compliance of the management of RBCs to 4intra-hospital European and Dutch guidelines prescribing logistic and temperature constraints in an academic hospital setting. Methods: A RFID infrastructure supported the tracking and tracing of 243 tagged RBCs in a clinical setting inside the hospital at the Blood Transfusion Laboratory (BTL), the Operating Room (OR) complex and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) within the Academic Medical Center (AMC), a large academic hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The compliance of the management of 182 out of the 243 tagged RBCs could be assessed on their adherence to the following guidelines on intra-hospital storage, transport and distribution: (1) RBCs must be preserved within an environment with a temperature between 2°C and 6°C; (2) RBCs have to be transfused within 1 hour after they have left a validated cooling system; (3) RBCs that have reached a temperature above 10°C must not be restored or must be transfused within 24 hours, or else be destroyed; (4) Unused RBCs are to be returned to the blood transfusion laboratory within 24 hours after they left the transfusion laboratory. Results: In total 4 blood products (4 in 182 compliant; 2%) complied to all applicable guidelines. Fifteen blood products (15 in 182 not compliant to 1 out of several guidelines; 8%) were not compliant to one of the guidelines of either 2 or 3 relevant guidelines; Finally 148 blood products (in 182 not compliant to 2 guidelines; 81%) were not compliant to 2 out of 3 relevant guidelines. Conclusions:The results point out the possibilities of using RFID technology to assess the quality of the blood transfusion chain itself inside a hospital setting in reference to intra-hospital guidelines concerning the storage, transport and distribution conditions of RBCs. This study shows the potentials of RFID in identifying potential bottlenecks in hospital organizations' processes by use of objective data which are to be tackled in process redesign efforts. The effect of these efforts can subsequently be evaluated by the use of RFID again. As such, RFID can play a significant role in optimization of the quality of the blood transfusion chain.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Value of Radio Frequency Identification in Quality Management of the Blood Transfusion Chain in an Academic Hospital Setting (Preprint)

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Monitoring the use of anatomical teaching material using a low‐cost radio frequency identification system: A comprehensive assessment

Noël

Connolly

2015

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The correct tracking and monitoring of anatomical specimens is not only imperative in any modern body donation programs but also in any universities for which teaching the next generation of health care professionals is the primary mission. This has long been an arduous process for anatomy institutions across the world, and the recent focus of new curricula on self-directed learning adds new stress on specimens which are used by students. The radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has been proposed as a very effective tracking system in healthcare considering that it enables automatic identification and data capture of multiple items at once. In this study, the feasibility of a low-cost RFID inventory system is assessed, from its design to the performance of commercially available RFID tags in a gross anatomy laboratory. The results show that ultrahigh frequency-based RFID tags successfully performed when attached to a collection of 112 plastinated and 280 wet dissected specimens. Comparison analysis of different tags reveals, however, that careful selection of RFID tags needs to be considered when wet specimens need to be tracked as preservation fluids can absorb radio waves energy. This study demonstrates that it is economically feasible to incorporate RFID technology to closely monitor the use of anatomical teaching specimens. The described RFID inventory system was not only able to preserve the integrity of the specimens being used by limiting handling and therefore human error but was also able to identify missing or misplaced specimens and to update their status.

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Computational exposure assessment of electromagnetic fields generated by an RFID system for mother-newborn identity reconfirmation

Fiocchi

Parazzini

Paglialonga

et al. 2011

Bioelectromagnetics

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Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an innovative technology currently applied in a large number of industrial and consumer applications. The spread of RFID technology does not correspond to a parallel increase in studies on its possible impact on health in terms of electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure. The aim of this paper is to estimate, by computational techniques, the EMF generated by passive RFID systems for mother-newborn identity reconfirmation. The computation was performed on realistic models of newborn and mother for three different reader positions. The compliance with EMF exposure guidelines was investigated as a function of the change in reader-tag specifications (magnetic field threshold and maximum distance of the reader to awake the tag) and time of use of the reader close to the body. The results show that attention should be paid to the identification of the optimal reader-tag technical specifications to be used in this type of application. That should be done by an accurate exposure assessment investigation, in particular for newborn exposure. The need to reduce the exposure time as much as possible indicates the importance of specific training on the practical applications of the RFID (DATALOGIC J-series, Bologna, Italy) device.

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Tracking blood products in blood centres using radio frequency identification: a comprehensive assessment

Abstract: Radio frequency identification application has significant process-orientated and technological implications. It is feasible and economically justifiable to incorporate RFID into blood centre processes.

Cited by 60 publications

References 15 publications

The Value of Radio Frequency Identification in Quality Management of the Blood Transfusion Chain in an Academic Hospital Setting (Preprint)

The Value of Radio Frequency Identification in Quality Management of the Blood Transfusion Chain in an Academic Hospital Setting (Preprint)

Monitoring the use of anatomical teaching material using a low‐cost radio frequency identification system: A comprehensive assessment

Computational exposure assessment of electromagnetic fields generated by an RFID system for mother-newborn identity reconfirmation

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