Blood Bands - Patient Identification
Typenex blood bands support patient identification by providing a third unique identifier. Below you’ll find the blood band to fit your approach. Barcode Blood Bands for Pre-Printed Labels The band of choice if you’re concerned about missing patient information or illegible handwriting on your blood bands. Simply place your pre-printed label on the band. A barcoded sticker is applied to the specimen tube. This barcode allows…
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Typenex blood bands support patient identification by providing a third unique identifier. Below you’ll find the blood band to fit your approach.
Barcode Blood Bands for Pre-Printed Labels
The band of choice if you’re concerned about missing patient information or illegible handwriting on your blood bands. Simply place your pre-printed label on the band. A barcoded sticker is applied to the specimen tube. This barcode allows you to easily scan the blood bank ID (BBID) into your Laboratory Information System, avoiding transcription errors, and saving technician time.
Barcode Blood Bands for Handwriting
Plenty of space for handwriting patient information, and then protecting it. The large BBID makes it quick and easy to check at the bedside, and the barcoded specimen tube labels allow you to easily scan the blood bank ID (BBID) into your Laboratory Information System, avoiding transcription errors while saving technician time.
Barcode Blood Bands
Use your blood band to provide an additional unique identifier, without the need to write or apply patient information. Barcoded specimen tube labels allow you to easily scan the blood bank ID (BBID) into your Laboratory Information System, avoiding transcription errors while saving technician time.
R3 Band
The R3 Band allows for reattaching or resizing any Typenex Barcode Blood Band, in the event that the blood band must be cut off in preparation for surgery, or for patients with edema, for example.
FlexiBlood Bands and Forms
Designed with durability and safety in mind, the Flexi Band will last for 7 or more days, and provides a blood bank ID (BBID) in both alphanumeric and barcode form, so you can scan the BBID into your Laboratory Information System, reducing chance of transcription errors while saving technician time.
Original Bands
The first blood band designed specifically for transfusion patients, the Original Band offers simple prompts for handwriting patient information.
Improving Patient Safety with FinalCheck – Reducing Transfusion Errors
This case study follows the experience of Boulder Community Hospital (BCH) as they upgraded their existing mechanical transfusion barrier system, for the Final-Check™ Recipient Safety System. The installation of a mechanical barrier has had a positive impact in addressing both wrong-blood-in-tube (WBIT) and “wrong patient – wrong room” potential mistransfusions. The old system was difficult to manage and so the new Typenex system was chosen to replace it. Read more to discover the impact of the project on blood bank, physicians and nursing staff.
Hospital Streamlines Transfusion Process by Upgrading Blood Bands
The Blood Bank staff at Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) wanted to upgrade the blood bands that they were using to address the number of steps involved in preparing them. Read this case study to see how the Phlebotomy and Blood Bank teams worked together to implement a new type of blood band, and the effect that the new system has had on the transfusion service offered by the hospital.
Reducing Errors Associated with Manual Data Entry, and Protecting Patient Information within the Blood Band
The Henry Medical Center, U.S. processes over 6700 type and screens and cross-matches over 5000 units of RBC’s each year. Whilst the centers existing patient verification system was relatively effective, however the center wished to change the system in order to address a number of issues. Read this case study to see how staff implemented a new ‘band and form’ system from Typenex.
Reducing Specimen Rejections by Combining Bedside Scanning and Barcode Blood Bands
The University of Virginia (UVA) blood bank transfuses 45,000 blood components a year, including 22,000 RBC units. Since the UVA moved to using Barcode Blood Bands for Pre-Printed Labels, the blood bank staff has seen a dramatic reduction in specimen rejections. This case study describes how the change was implemented.
