MSoft eSolutions launches remote blood fridges

MSoft eSolutions has this week launched a new range of remote blood fridges.

Developed to work with the company’s blood-tracking solution, Bloodhound, the launch follows a successful year for the Merseyside-based company, which has won all eight of the tenders it bid for. Together they will be worth more than £2m in revenue.

The Bloodhound fridges, known as Bloodhound9 and Bloodhound4, will provide hospital trusts with a number of important benefits, including:

• A reduction in trips to remote locations with better stock management which may mean weekly, rather than daily, blood deliveries
• Improved efficiency and demand management
• A quicker response to special areas such as ER where a single issue fridge for all might not be the best solution
• Enabling one large pathology lab to reach out to many different venues spread over hundreds of square miles

Bloodhound9 has nine independent lockable drawers, while Bloodhound4 has four drawers with each containing a different blood type. Once a patient’s blood type has been determined by the Bloodhound system, it will only unlock that blood type’s drawer.

Matt McAlister, managing director of MSoft eSolutions, said: “Developing our own range of remote fridges was a natural next step for Bloodhound. One of the many unique benefits is that it allows for blood stock management and blood product issuing remotely and is not restrained by local networks or hardware limitations. This is ideal for remote community hospitals, private hospitals or pathology labs looking to expand further into the community. It particularly allows pathology labs to have a campus wide view of blood stock levels, while giving the same secure controlled access to blood fridges from a remote location.

“There is also a significant cost saving as well as Bloodhound saves money by reducing blood waste and transport costs, while also bringing warehouse-style management to blood stock.”