Hospital RFID Lab and Sample Tracking Solutions
Blood Transfusion Error Reduction Technology
Blood transfusion errors are among the most profuse in the health care industry. According to the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), blood transfusions occur in one of every ten hospital stays and have been the most frequently performed procedure in recent years. HCUP reports that it is the most frequent and fastest-growing procedure performed during a hospital stay.
The rate of human error occurring during these procedures is extremely high, at 1 in 10,000, and has been virtually unchanged for more than 40 years. The results range from blood infections to death in some cases. In almost every instance, these errors could have been prevented at various stages in the process. The most prevalent stage for errors - and thus best stage to focus on error prevention - occurs at the bedside. Human error underlies at least 50 percent of the fatalities related to blood transfusions.There are error reduction technologies available for preventative purposes.
Any health professional can tell you how easily these errors happen, from dealing with two patients with the same surname, to accidentally picking up the wrong chart. Distractions endemic to the hospital environment make clinicians more likely to make these types of mistakes, and can be very costly. Hospital RFID tracking systems can help reduce the number of errors that occur due to distracting work environments.
Hospital RFID: An advanced “safety layer”
Despite various improvement measures, little change has resulted until recent advances in technology. The implementation of blood tracking RFID technology has been recommended by experts as a more advanced "safety-layer around the application of blood product" to considerably increase transfusion safety. RFID technology for blood transfusion processes cuts verification time down significantly, while improving its accuracy and eliminating the opportunity for various types of human error.
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