THE QUICKSCAN I SCANNER STREAMLINES THE BLOOD DONATION PROCESS IN RUSSIA

Overview
The National Blood Service in Russia assures the supply of high quality blood to medical institutions.

This public entity coordinates blood centers all over Russia, making sure the blood donation process, including transportation and storage, is performed correctly.

In addition, it assures the proper use of blood components and preparations.

The Challenge
One important part of the blood donation process is collecting data about the donor. The medical assistant must enter pertinent information about the donor and the quantity and quality of the blood collected in an electronic database. In the past, each region of Russia handled its territory’s database separately from the others. However, to assure quality control throughout the country, the National Blood Service determined that these records should be available to all regions. An automated system needed to be created in order to allow the entire work cycle to be kept under control.

The Solution
Data capture systems developer, system integrator and Datalogic partner Infotech & Service, recommended that QuickScan™ I scanners be used on all the National Blood Service workstations throughout the cycle, from the registration of a new donor to the issue of plasma and blood to patients. Besides its high performance and reliability, the characteristics of the Quickscan I scanner that really attracted the National Blood Service’s attention were its unique imaging technology for image capture and capability of collecting data at any scan angle.