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Overview
The technology and architecture of the MediCopia system has been leveraged to produce the nation’s leading transfusion administration application to serve the needs of the blood bank and nursing. By encompassing different departments, MediCopia empowers caregivers with collective responsibility to make a difference in the quality of service they provide. Implementing common information technology across departments breaks down barriers between them. Employees in the laboratory and nursing will work more effectively as a team, enhancing communication, improving the quality of data, standardizing procedures, and improving patient care.
Transfusion Administration
The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System distributes transfusion administration orders in real-time to caregivers based upon the location of the patient, the type of order, and the skill level of the caregiver. When physicians issue orders to administer blood products to patients, those orders are entered into the hospital information system, forwarded to the blood bank system, and MediCopia routes the orders to the appropriate caregivers so that the blood product can be dispensed and the transfusion can be administered.
Standard Blood Bank System Interface
The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System uses standard HL7 interfaces to blood bank systems to receive new transfusion administration orders as transfusion requests are completed, and to update hosts systems with the disposition of those orders when nurses transfuse the blood products. Interfaces to the MediCopia Transfusion Administration System comply with the ISBT standard so that MediCopia supports both Codabar labels and ISBT labels for blood products.
Order Distribution
Once transfusion orders are processed by the blood bank system, they are forwarded to the MediCopia Transfusion Administration System, which distributes those orders to caregivers based upon the location of the patient and the type of order. High priority orders, such as stats, issue alerts to caregivers so that these orders can be prioritized. MediCopia tracks every user and determines which orders are relevant for the particular caregiver. MediCopia can issue alerts in advance of timed orders or for orders that are past due. Alerts can be escalated to supervisors when urgent orders remain unprocessed for extended periods of time, thereby preventing situations where urgent transfusions are delayed or extended periods of time elapse before transfusions start for blood products released from the blood bank.
Order Review
As transfusion administration orders are distributed to mobile computers, caregivers review those orders to prioritize their work. The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System provides detailed information about each order, including the order priority, the scheduled administration time, the blood products to be administered, the status of those blood products, and information about the patient. Caregivers can also review the history of individual orders, the history of all orders for the patient, and demographic information about the patient.
Positive Patient Identification - PPID
A critical step in the transfusion administration process is positive identification of the patient AND positive identification of the blood component to eliminate the possibility of administering a blood product to the wrong patient. The most common causes of sentinel events caused by transfusions are mistakes subsequent to the release of blood products from the blood bank. These errors are commonly known as incorrect-blood-component-transfused or ICBT, as documented by SHOT. The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System requires the caregiver to properly identify the patient AND the blood component prior to administering transfusions by merely scanning the barcode or the RFID tag on the patient’s wristband AND the barcodes on the blood bag. MediCopia also provides the capability for a second caregiver to verify the patient identification and blood component identification prior to administering the transfusion.
Transfusion Administration
After positively identifying the patient and the blood component, caregivers follow standard procedures to administer transfusions. The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System reminds caregivers to record pre-transfusion vital signs, and records the time that the transfusion is started. MediCopia tracks the time elapsed during the transfusion and reminds busy caregivers to check the status of the patient by recording vital signs at appropriate intervals. In the event of a transfusion reaction, MediCopia provides the capability to record the time that the transfusion is stopped, and record any reactions experienced by the patient. When the transfusion is complete, MediCopia provides the capability to record the time of completion, as well as recording post-transfusion vital signs.
Transfusion Reports
The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System updates the blood bank system with the status of the transfusion, thereby eliminating the common practice of presuming transfusion when blood products are not returned. MediCopia can also send transfusion administration information to the hospital information system, and/or print reports to be inserted in the patient’s chart. The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System provides a variety of standard reports to analyze transfusion reactions, transfusion completions, and a variety of other items. Both nurse managers and lab management can analyze the transfusion administration process and monitor activity in real-time.
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The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System is the market leader by virtue features and functionality that exceed those available with other transfusion administration systems. Contact Lattice today to obtain further information or to schedule a demonstration. You could short-change your facility by failing to understand the advanced feature set provided by Lattice.
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Important Note:
The MediCopia Transfusion Administration System is pending 510(k) approval and it not currently available for sale within the United States.
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