The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select PDC’s Blood Temp 10 blood temperature indicator:
- Previously used the following approaches to ensure blood temperature compliance:
- The 30 minute rule
- Another brand of indicator
- Experienced the following challenges before using PDC’s Blood Temp 10 indicators:
- Uncertainty that blood bag temperature exceeded FDA guidelines
- Difficulty in interpreting blood bag temperature
- Concern with accuracy when identifying blood bag temperature
- 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.