TioMed applies information technology in the design of patient safety systems that automate manual processes. Its BASICHemo system was designed to increase accuracy in the blood transfusion process. With over 50 million units transfused worldwide, human errors result in numerous injuries and deaths. The TioMed PalMed handheld device incorporates SkyeTek RFID reader technology that identifies the patients' blood type from a RFID-enabled wristband, and then scans the bar code on the blood bag. If a match exists, the PalMed instructs the MediLock valve on the blood bag to begin the blood transfusion.
Requirements:
- RFID solution capable of reading from several inches away.
- RFID reader technology easily embeddable in a handheld device.
- Very small RFID reader footprint.
- RFID reader solution that includes a bar code scanner, BlueTooth and WiFi.
- Application programming interface (API) that does not require RFID expertise.
- Cost effective
- Compliant with ISO 15693
Solution:
- SkyeTek software provided TioMed developers with a simple, easy-to-use API that allowed them to read and write data without RFID expertise.
- All relevant data associated with the transfusion, including patient's and practitioner's IDs, communicated by the PalMed to a central database via the unit's WiFI connection tot he hospital network.
- The cost effective pricing of SkyeModules drove profitability for the overall solution.
- SkyeTek's extremely small form factor was able to easily fit in the PalMed's crowded interior.