The Wisconsin Children's Hospital and Blood Center is experimenting with a high frequency (HF) RFID system for monitoring pediatric blood storage. Children need less blood than adults, so for patients like newborns, blood is usually packed in smaller packages. The trial began on October 31, 2016 and ended on February 15. The RFID solution called CompoTrace was provided by medical technology company Fresenius Kabi.
The Wisconsin Blood Center is a non-profit organization specializing in blood services. Its business includes organ, tissue and bone marrow donation, diagnostic testing and medical services and research. Therefore, the blood center and Fresenius Kabi began piloting passive HF RFID solutions. The company has been researching and testing RFID technology for more than a decade to better manage blood supply.
The company's latest project aims to determine how the technology can help children's blood products visibility and management. Lynne Briggs, vice president and CIO of the Blood Center, said: "Children's blood transfusions are much smaller than adults, and the dose is much smaller." Therefore, in order not to waste blood, pediatric blood packs are usually much smaller than adult blood packs.
(Employees scan blood components into the inventory visibility system)
Monitoring products that are separate and stored in multiple bags is more complicated than products in the same bag. Therefore, Briggs said that the blood center and Fresenius-Kabi wanted to determine the effect of the technique in tracking adult and child doses of blood. This will make us a better blood supply steward.
The pilot tracked blood products at two locations: the Wisconsin Blood Center and the Wisconsin Children's Hospital using the CompoTrace system.
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