Apparatus and Methods for Monitoring Transfusion of Blood
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1. An apparatus for implementing blood sample collection, blood unit requesting, and blood unit transfusion into a patient, said apparatus comprising:
- a caregiver identity means comprising an electronically readable caregiver code;
a patient identification wristband comprising an electronically readable patient code;
a portable computer comprising a reader wherein said reader is capable of reading said caregiver code and said patient code and software to implement the process of sample collection wherein said process of sample collection comprises the step of causing said portable computer to display messages to a caregiver that indicate to said caregiver the next step in a predefined series of steps to be performed by said caregiver; and
a portable printer wherein said portable printer is capable of communicating with said portable computer.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for ensuring that blood transfused into a patient is the correct blood for that patient, is transfused in the correct manner and that a complete audit trail is created that will allow later tracing of blood from donation through to ultimate transfusion.
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1. An apparatus for implementing blood sample collection, blood unit requesting, and blood unit transfusion into a patient, said apparatus comprising:
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a caregiver identity means comprising an electronically readable caregiver code; a patient identification wristband comprising an electronically readable patient code; a portable computer comprising a reader wherein said reader is capable of reading said caregiver code and said patient code and software to implement the process of sample collection wherein said process of sample collection comprises the step of causing said portable computer to display messages to a caregiver that indicate to said caregiver the next step in a predefined series of steps to be performed by said caregiver; and a portable printer wherein said portable printer is capable of communicating with said portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for implementing blood sample collection, blood unit requesting, and blood unit transfusion into a patient, said apparatus comprising:
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an electronically readable caregiver code; an electronically readable patient wristband with an electronically readable patient code; a first computer including an electronic reader, wherein said reader is capable of reading said caregiver code and said patient code; software to implement to process of sample collection wherein said process of sample collection comprises the step of causing said first computer to display messages to a caregiver that indicate to said caregiver the next step in a predefined series of steps to be performed by said caregiver; a portable printer capable of communicating with said first computer; and a lockable refrigerated storage compartment for storing a blood unit, including a second computer and software installed on said second computer, said software in combination with said second computer capable of instructing said lockable refrigerator to become locked or to become unlocked. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for implementing blood sample collection, blood unit requesting, and blood unit transfusion into a patient, said apparatus comprising:
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an electronically readable caregiver code; an electronically readable patient wristband with an electronically readable patient code; a first computer including an electronic reader, said reader capable of reading said caregiver code and said patient code; software to implement to process of sample collection wherein said process of sample collection includes the step of causing said first computer to display messages to a caregiver that indicate to said caregiver the next step in a predefined series of steps to be performed by said caregiver; a printer capable of communicating with said first computer; recording means for recording the movement of a blood unit into and out of a refrigerated storage compartment, said recording means comprising a first Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag attached to a blood unit, wherein said RFID tag encodes a blood unit identification code for said blood unit, a second RFID tag for a user of said apparatus, wherein said second RFID tag encodes a user identification code;
an antenna disposed to read all RFID tags inside and in the vicinity of the refrigerated storage compartment;
a device for receiving data via said antenna from said first RFID tag and said second RFID tag and sending said received data to a computer; and
a second computer for receiving data from said data receiving device.
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