Get the right blood to the right patient every time
iRISecure – Blood Tracking is a powerful, simple-to-use RFID tracking solution for blood inventory that automates the documentation surrounding the storage and use of blood. The system helps to improve patient safety and inventory management of blood products, and ensures the safe and timely delivery of blood transfusions to patients. The costs to a healthcare institution can be severe whenever the wrong blood type is delivered to a patient. iRISecure – Blood Tracking performs periodic safety checks along a blood bag’s chain of custody to ensure that the right blood reaches the right patient every time. The system also includes a comprehensive inventory management system to make sure that the proper blood types are always kept in stock and replenished as needed.
iRISecure – Blood Benefits
INCREASE PATIENT SAFETY
IMPROVED INVENTORY CONTROL
ELIMINATE MANUAL DATA ENTRY
ROBUST ANALYTICS
SEAMLESS EMR AND HIS INTEGRATION
INCREASED PATIENT SAFETY
- With iRISecure-Blood, you can increase patient safety by documenting blood use to the correct patient every single time. The blood tracking software includes the following features that improve patient safety:
- Real-time, automated expiration reports that allow you to monitor the expiration of blood and components.
- Prevents stockouts through the proper and accurate documentation of blood use.
- Real-time alerts to make sure blood stays within time limits when removed and returned from storage.
IMPROVED INVENTORY CONTROL
- iRISecure-Blood provides a real-time view of blood inventory in all areas of the hospital and health system. Having a fully visible and accurate inventory helps improve the management of blood and decreases waste. The blood tracking software includes the following features that improve inventory control:
- A complete inventory management system that lets you know when it’s time to re-order blood products.
- Advanced analytics that help to prevent stockouts by adjusting inventory levels according to actual usage history.
- Web-based platform that allows you to locate required blood in an instant.
ELIMINATE MANUAL DATA ENTRY
- Using RFID technology, iRISecure-Blood’s tracking system for bloodbags simplifies the record-keeping of blood in accordance with AABB and FDA regulations. Without any barcode scans or keyboard entry, iRISecure-Blood can:
- Meet traceability requirements by capturing all item-level blood details and associating blood to the correct patient.
- Connect with other hospital information systems to record the dispensation of blood on the patient’s medical record.
- Reduce employee documentation requirements while increasing patient safety by enforcing a standard workflow.
ROBUST ANALYTICS
- The data captured by iRISecure-Blood allows the system to generate reports and analytics that will allow your blood management process to continuously improve by increasing visibility across the enterprise. Some examples of the insights the built-in analytics provide include:
- Measuring the frequency of use of blood products and providing recommendations on changing stock levels based on actual usage patterns.
- Automated alerts for expiring or expired blood, and for blood that has been out of refrigeration for too long.
- Tracking the average time it takes for blood to go from one checkpoint to another using the timestamp data automatically collected by the system.
- Holding employees accountable by tracking which employees are following the proper workflows and which aren’t.
SEAMLESS EMR AND HIS INTEGRATION
- iRISecure-Blood integrates directly with your hospital’s EMR, your blood vendor’s management software and other hospital information systems (HIS). This allows for the real-time, effortless documentation of blood without manual entry. Mobile Aspects will customize its interfaces to match your hospital’s systems and all data will sit behind your hospital’s firewall to ensure its security.
- Selected systems we’ve previously worked with include:
- Cerner
- EPIC
- Allscripts
- Meditech