SOURCE: Typenex Medical
Easy to Use System Provides Modernization Over Legacy “Band and Form” Products
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – July 26, 2010) – Typenex Medical, LLC, a leader in transfusion recipient verification solutions, has launched their latest barcoded blood band innovation, the FlexiBlood Recipient Verification System.
The FlexiBlood Recipient Verification System was developed using feedback from blood bankers and nurses to ensure that the product improved on the legacy “band and form” recipient verification systems available today. FlexiBlood uses GS1-128 linear barcodes and can accommodate pre-printed patient information labels to reduce transcription errors at the bedside and in the blood bank. It also boasts a barcoded specimen tube sticker that stays attached to the band during application to help promote the accurate labeling of the pre-transfusion specimen at the patient bedside.
“Blood bankers asked for a solution that leverages barcodes to reduce transcription errors and provides a way to help clinical staff label specimens accurately to avoid wrong blood in tube errors,” said Scott Leece, General Manager of Typenex Medical. “Nurses wanted a solution that is easy to use, comfortable for patients, and that supports them throughout the specimen collection and blood administration processes. FlexiBlood was designed to meet all of these requirements.”
FlexiBlood has additional features that differentiate it from other offerings, such as the ability to be easily reapplied if removed during the patient stay using the Typenex R3 Attachment System and directions for use on every FlexiBlood form. “Based on clinical feedback and the many features of FlexiBlood, we are confident that it is a better solution than Ident-A™ Blood or Securlink®,” stated Leece.
The FlexiBlood Recipient Verification System has two standard forms and six standard insert band colors. For more information on FlexiBlood, please call (866) TYPENEX or visit http://www.typenex.com/.
About Typenex Medical
Typenex Medical enables hospitals to achieve safer transfusion practices via our suite of recipient verification solutions. These solutions — our Original Alphanumeric Bands, our Next Generation Barcode Bands, and our FlexiBlood Recipient Verification System–provide independent, unique identifiers in various embodiments to help hospitals provide control over their transfusion processes and reduce the costly and dangerous errors associated with blood transfusions. Typenex also improves safety in the laboratory via our TypeSafe™ Segment Sampling Device, which is used to safely pierce blood segments for cross-matching.
Ident-A™ and Securlink® are trademarks of Precision Dynamics Corporation.
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Scott Leece
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