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15:45 RFID – Where next? : Ian Henderson

• Ian Henderson works as the PULSE Project Director for Savant Ltd who are based in South Cumbria.
• PULSE is the core IT system for the National Blood Service and Savant are responsible for the support and development of the system.
• In his position as system designer, Ian believes that we have gone past the limits of barcode technology. Current labelling standards, which are based upon the use of multiple barcodes mean automatic handling and reconciliation procedures cannot be introduced to any extent.
• RFID technology appears to offer major advantages for blood pack handling and has the potential to reduce some of the consuming reconciliation procedures.
• Ian is a member of the international ISBT128 RFID Task Force who are currently assessing the potential of RFID technology within the blood supply chain.

 RFID – Where next? : Presentation

15:00 The NHS Connecting for Health Electronic Clinical Transfusion Management System Pilot : Shanaz Sohal

 

• Working as a Senior Project Manager at Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust, Shanaz is a Prince2 accredited practitioner.
• Extensive project and service management experience in the private sector.
• Currently managing the Right Patient – Right Blood project at Mayday Hospital.

The NHS Connecting for Health Electronic Clinical Transfusion Management System Pilot - Presentation

14:30 New Technology for Patient Transfusion Safety : Dr. Sunny Dzik

 

• Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Blood Transfusion Service Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Also Chairman of the NIH National Clinical Trials Network in Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis.
• His primary research interests center on the clinical use of blood components.
• Currently, he is developing with colleagues the use of radio-frequency identification technology to enhance transfuse safety.

New Technology for Patient Transfusion Safety - Presentation

14:00 Return on Investment: The business case for RFID : Rodeina Davis

 

• Vice President and Chief Information Officer for BloodCenter of Wisconsin in Milwaukee (USA). She is a senior information technology executive with experience in directing the transformation of complex information system organizations, planning strategic information systems, and identifying and applying new technology in healthcare and financial services environments.

• Mrs. Davis is project director for an RFID study to determine applicability of RFID technology to the blood bank supply chain from donation through the transfusion bedside.

Return on Investment: The business case for RFID - Presentation

13:30 ISBT and RFID Task Force : Dr. Ralf Knels

 

• Medical Vice Director at the Institute of Dresden as part of the German Red Cross Blood Donation Service. Also Chairman of the Eurocode -  International Blood Labelling System e.V and of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) “RFID” task force.
• He has been responsible for the coordination of the blood bank software in Saxony.
• Dr Knels has had experience with RFID-trials since 2003. 

ISBT and RFID Task Force - Presentation

12:00 RFID: The business case for manufacturers : Francois Bidet

 

• François Bidet is Business Development Manager at MacoPharma (France).
• Master in Business & Administration (Paris), he has been working in the healthcare industry for more than 20 years.
• François is a member of the international ISBT128 RFID Task Force.
• He is RFID project coordinator at MacoPharma for Transfusion, Biotech & IV Therapies.

RFID: The business case for manufacturers - Presentation

11:30 Barcode technology to support the safe and effective use of blood in hospitals : Professor Mike Murphy

 

• Professor Mike Murphy is Consultant Haematologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and Professor of Blood Transfusion Medicine, University of Oxford.
• He is Clinical Director for Patient Services in the National Blood Service, and Secretary of the National Blood Transfusion Committee in England.
• His research activities are predominantly in the clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.

Barcode technology to support the safe and effective use of blood in hospitals - Presentation

11:00 Moving auto-identification into routine clinical practice : Professor Jonathan Kay

 

• Professor of Health Informatics at the Centre for Health Informatics, City University London and a Consultant Chemical Pathologist at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals. He has been Chairman of the Information Group of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges andwas a senior consultant to the Design Authority of the NHS National Programme for IT for England.
• For many years he has been trying to derive clinical benefits by persuading computers to communicate.
• He is currently working with Professor Mike Murphy on positive patient identification in blood transfusion.

Moving auto-identification into routine clinical practice - Presentation

09:40 An Introduction to RFID technologies : Ian Henderson

• Ian Henderson works as the PULSE Project Director for Savant Ltd who are based in South Cumbria.
• PULSE is the core IT system for the National Blood Service and Savant are responsible for the support and development of the system.
• In his position as system designer, Ian believes that we have gone past the limits of barcode technology. Current labelling standards, which are based upon the use of multiple barcodes mean automatic handling and reconciliation procedures cannot be introduced to any extent.
• RFID technology appears to offer major advantages for blood pack handling and has the potential to reduce some of the consuming reconciliation procedures.
• Ian is a member of the international ISBT128 RFID Task Force who are currently assessing the potential of RFID technology within the blood supply chain.

 An Introduction to RFID technologies - Presentation