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BloodTrack® Enquiry
Blood Status and Nursing Workflow Tool

The Enquiry system improves patient safety and nursing efficiency at the bedside by:

• Reduces telephone calls to the Blood Bank enquiring about blood units
• Eliminates time wasted finding the location of blood units
• Increases patient safety by printing a barcoded pick-up slip for use with BloodTrack Courier
• Electronically records the fate of blood units
• Electronically records the arrival of blood units
• Reduces bedside paper work and transcription errors
• Establishes an electronic audit trail for some blood transfusion events
• Helps manage nursing workflow by displaying the colour coded status of ongoing blood transfusions

Using BloodTrack Enquiry, nurses no longer need to call the blood bank enquiring about the status of a patient's blood unit. By simply typing in the patient's name or selecting them from a list, the status of a patient's blood can be determined whether issued, available, arrived or returned to stock. When used in conjunction with BloodTrack Courier, Enquiry will also be able to tell the nurse the exact location of the blood whether in the issue fridge, the OR fridge or the fridge down the hall. The nurse can then print a barcoded pick-up slip containing the patient information for use with BloodTrack Courier to ensure the right blood is removed for the right patient. When used in conjunction with BloodTrack Tx, BloodTrack Enquiry can display the status of a patient's blood transfusion in real time. Enquiry can provide colour coded alerts, reminding nurses to:

• Begin the transfusion (because the blood arrived 15 minutes ago)
• Record 15 minute vitals (because it's been 15 minutes since the transfusion was started)
• Record the end of the transfusion (because it's been more than 3 hours since the transfusion was started)

BloodTrack Enquiry includes all the functionality of BloodTrack AutoFate. Allowing nurses to time and date stamp the arrival of blood units or record the final disposition of a blood unit to electronically confirm whether or not it was indeed transfused to the proper patient. This information is sent to the BloodTrack database for audit trail purposes as well as sent to the Blood Establishment Computer System (BECS or LIS) The information recorded includes:

• Caregiver and device ID of each interaction
• Arrival time of the blood unit on the ward
• Blood unit fate including donation number and status (transfused, destroyed, spiked, aborted)

Using an optional barcode scanner, inputting blood bag information for arrivals and fate-of-units is as easy as scanning one barcode. Patient and blood unit status enquiries require minimal data entry or simply selecting from a list and the transfusion dashboard is coded to enable quick recognition of items that require immediate attention.