Prevent Blood Mismatch with RFID
Filed in archive Healthcare by gautam on October 03, 2006

In order to deal with this problem Ospendale Maggiore in Italy has been utilizing an RFID based system for matching patients and blood bags which ensures that the right blood is administered to the right person. The reasons which prompted the hospital to move towards RFID were that it has faster reading and writing capabilities, offers large data storage capacity and above all is user friendly. The biggest benefit for the hospital has been that it has witnessed higher level of acceptance from both clinical unit operators and blood service operators.
This is how the system works. An RFID based electronic seal known as MediLock is attached to blood bags and is only unlocked when a multifunctional wireless handheld device communicates the identity of the patient who receives the blood. The main purpose behind this is to identify every item utilized in the transfusion process.
Certainly with this process blood mismatch could be controlled and a number of lives could be saved. Now can we call it RFID, the savior?
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