Multi-site blood transfusion system

TD-BloodBank, which includes comprehensive EU safety-compliant vein-to-vein features for automated blood testing, tracking, transport, transfusion and sample/patient matching, was chosen over five other blood management systems. The selection, which also included several LSPrecommended solutions, followed an extensive OJEU evaluation and short-listing process. The project is due to go live on 31 March 2006.

Tony MacDonald, pathology systems manager at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Above all, we wanted a modern system with a relational database and Web-enabled capabilities. We chose TD-BloodBank because it was the only solution that ticked all the boxes and met our extensive list of requirements – including over 300 different points. Many of these involved patient safety compliance issues, both at a national and EU level, some of the points related to our overall IT modernisation strategy and others involved our integration requirements – a vital aspect considering our multi-site/multisystem IT environment.”