A Dynamic Blood Information Management System Based on RFID

Abstract

As a patient and recipient of a blood transfusion, it is important for him or her to receive the safest blood possible. Information about the donated blood should be under the track to guarantee the quality of the blood source. In this paper, we present a RFID-based blood information management system that aims at ensuring the quality of the blood and increasing the efficiency of operation management. In this system, the fingerprint sensor is adopted to enable the process of identifying blood donor more reliable and credible and RFID tag is used to make the management more convenient. In addition, GPRS is applied in this system so that real-time data can be transmitted between the bloodmobile and blood center through wireless Internet.

Safety and reliability of Radio Frequency Identification Devices in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography

“…A number of RFID applications have been implemented in hospitals so far, mostly for logistic purposes such as material tracking or inventory management, according to the original applications of the technology [2,21-23]. Only recently, more complex applications have been implemented in hospitals, for example in patient-care management processes such as blood transfusion or the prevention of wrong side surgery [1,3,13,24-27]. RFID technology seems ideal for complex environments like hospitals since the technology itself is to be applied for more gainful and differentiated applications.…”

“…RFID-systems for transfusion safety have been successfully developed and tested [1-4]. Correct patient identification is still the most important key element in these processes and should be integrated in any advanced hospital RFID system beyond simple logistic applications.…”