NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. Defense Department system for tracking and helping speed blood supplies to combat field hospitals does not work, threatening to cause blood shortages for wounded ...
Based on results of an earlier study, the BloodCenter of Wisconsin and its partners will build a prototype RFID system for blood banks and hospitals, supported by a $1.4 million government grant. This ...
A hospital in Saarbrücken, Germany, is using radio frequency technology to track bags of blood to record transfusions and ensure that patients get blood intended specifically for them. The project, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - For the first time, the government is startinga day-to-day tracking system to monitor the nation's blood supplyand sound an alarm when shortages loom. It comes none too soon: A ...
When it comes to medical devices, some of the biggest approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in recent months have been for the smallest devices. Now the agency has announced the ...
This article is authored by Dr Joy John Mammen, professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, ...