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PDC’s Blood Temp 10 blood temperature indicator Case Study

Riverside Health Systems Improves Workflow Efficiency Using PDC Healthcare’s Timestrip® Blood Temp 10 Indicators

Introduction

This case study of Riverside Health Systems is based on a July 2017 survey of PDC’s Blood Temp 10 blood temperature indicator customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select PDC’s Blood Temp 10 blood temperature indicator:

  • Previously used the following approach to ensure blood temperature compliance:
    • Another brand of indicator
  • Experienced the following challenges before using PDC’s Blood Temp 10 indicators:
    • Difficulty in interpreting blood bag temperature
    • Inefficient workflow process
    • Difficulty with using other blood temperature indicators
  • Found it somewhat difficult to feel absolutely certain that blood bags had not exceeded 10° C and could be returned to storage prior to using PDC’s Blood Temp 10 indicators.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of PDC’s Blood Temp 10 blood temperature indicator that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Currently uses the following approach to ensure blood temperature compliance:
    • Measures the blood core temperature and discards it if it reaches 6° C
  • Currently uses the following equipment to measure blood core temperature:
    • An indicator
    • A thermometer

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with PDC’s Blood Temp 10 blood temperature indicator:

  • Cites the following as the key benefits of using PDC’s Blood Temp 10 indicators at their hospital:
    • Improved patient safety
    • Peace of mind
    • Improved quality of care
    • Improved workflow efficiency
    • Ease of interpreting blood bag temperature
    • Irreversible, real-time temperature monitoring
  • Significantly improved workflow efficiency since using PDC’s Blood Temp 10 indicators at their hospital.
  • Significantly improved quality control in blood transportation and storage since using PDC’s Blood Temp 10 indicators.




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