e-Blood | Hunter Area Pathology Service

Professionals

HAPS Executive
Locked Bag 1
Hunter Region Mail Centre
NSW 2310, Australia

Phone: (02) 4921 4000
Fax: (02) 4921 4400

International Enquiries
Phone: +61 2 4921 4000
Fax: +61 2 4921 4400

e-blood is computer software that controls the operation of the transfusion laboratory and the release of Blood & other Products to patients.
e-blood provides high level control of lab procedures eliminating the reliance on manual SOPs.
e-blood allows non-laboratory staff the ability to safely access Blood & Blood products independently of the laboratory.
e-blood manages the identification, security and validity for patients, samples, results, blood and products
e-blood is a secure server-based multi-user system
e-blood can be standalone or networked across laboratories, hospitals & regions
e-blood can be interfaced to the LIS & automated laboratory instruments
e-blood uses Microsoft Windows Industry Standard platform & dedicated MSSQL Database

Blood Bank systems included in traditional multi department LIS systems were inadequate and were mainly concerned with inventory control. The advent of computer crossmatching and more particularly remote release placed much more emphasis on safety therefore a purpose-designed system was required.
This view is shared by the US FDA which to date has only approved a small number of sites in the US to use computer crossmatching.
It has been recommended that safety critical software such as e-blood should not be produced from an existing system and recommended it be designed from scratch.

Blood and /or products can be released for transfusion at any designated blood release site irrespective of laboratory facilities & irrespective of where testing was performed.
e-blood is a mature reliable system in operation since December 1999. The precursor to e-blood, EBRS was in operation from 1994.

Laboratory - Labour savings:

The ability to remove the need for remote-site crossmatching facilities.
Remote Release reduces on-call requirements
The reduced number of transactions on units (crossmatching, transporting, untagging, fridge sorting) reduces workload significantly.
Crossmatches are reduced by extending the Group and Screen protocol to almost all surgical procedures and clinical conditions
Reduced crossmatching reduces the consumables cost.
Remote Release leads to a reduction in courier costs
Fridge space for blood storage is reduced.
e-blood reduces exposure to potentially infectious samples and donor bag blood.

Improved Safety & Security
Software controlled environment
Protected isolated database
Full Audit trails
Electronic matching of Patients & Blood or Blood Products according to validated algorithms using:

Enhanced Patient Care
Rapid access to blood (especially at remote sites) in urgent situations
Software controlled release of units ensures safer transfusion practice
Improved stock control ensures timely and sufficient delivery of blood to those patients in need.
Controlled emergency issue

Efficient Blood Usage
Improved inventory control ensures blood stocks are more effectively utilised. The expiry rate of blood has been reduced at HAPS down to < 2%
The C/T ratio has been reduced to less than 1.2:1 across the HAPS network. At some remote sites within HAPS, the C/T ratio has been reduced from levels of above 10:1 to below 2:1
Efficiency by providing remote release of blood and blood products at sites without laboratory facilities, with minimal blood inventories but with maximum blood utilisation.

Phone: (02) 4921 4980