MSoft BloodHound

Simple, Affordable, Vein to Vein Traceability with full Audit Reporting

How do we ensure that the right blood is given to the right patient at the right time? Now this has become not just a moral obligation but a statutory one. On November 8th 2005, the European Union made this principle the cornerstone of its new blood safety and quality regulations, along with vein-to-vein traceability and a need to store evidence for a thirty year period.

Today, nothing less than complete accountability leading to absolute patient safety is acceptable.

BloodHound, the blood tracking solution created by MSoft, satisfies all the criteria and sets the new standard for blood safety within the NHS. The system has been designed with a heavy influence from the National and Patient and Safety Agency (NPSA) ECTMS national specification document.

This national specification, which is part of the NPSA's blood safety initiative, Right patient, right blood, has been developed with the following objectives:

• To address the patient safety risks in the transfusion process
• To identify IT requirements for a blood tracking system
• To provide an initial specification for IT suppliers.

MSoft has designed it’s product to fit within the best practice specification for tracking blood units outside of the laboratory.

BloodHound Overview

The MSoft system consists of a central server giving a web view of all activity, kiosks that provide controlled access to blood fridges and bedside software that extends transfusion safety to the bedside. All kiosks and bedside devices talk with the central server in real time thereby providing a real time view of all product movements.

Auditing

Each part of the process carries a full audit trail showing who did what, where, when, and how. This is in accordance with blood safety and quality regulations 2005 Statuory instrument 2005 No.50. MSoft provide an audit tool that allows a user to access all the data stored within the system. We provide a number of standard reports, however customised reports can be created as required.

Real Time System View and Alerting

As the system is web based, real time alerts are always available allowing both visual and audible alerts to be sent to nominated PCs. The MSoft fridge and bedside system alert in real time if blood is not matched to the patient, if a unit of blood has been out of the fridge longer than allowed, has expired or is out of reservation time. MSoft use 6 points of check at the bedside to ensure blood is safe for a given patient, if one of these is incorrect then the system alerts.

Secure Access

Full access control is included in the system. Each user is given their own logon ID and password. There is fine granular control over access rights within the system. Staff members only see what they have access to see and each user is given their own logon ID and password.

Integration

MSoft have interfaced with all the leading laboratory systems. For user authentication we have already used the following options:

• Biometrics - fingerprint scanning
• Barcoded ID with PIN number
• Active Directory Username and Password

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