Blood Centers Solutions

Mobile Point of Care Solution

When seconds matter, blood donations are essential for operating rooms and trauma centers around the country. A serious drop in blood supplies or contamination in donated blood can produce life-threatening ramifications for healthcare facilities, physicians and donors.

To keep the blood flowing, healthcare professionals rely on Toughbook rugged laptops and mobile clinical assistants (MCA's). The built-in mobile broadband feature allows users to transmit and receive critical donor information in real time, speeding up the blood donation process. To further expedite the process, Toughbook mobile computers feature touchscreens for faster and more accurate data entry. Some laptop models even have rotating touchscreens that let donors easily enter their personal information. Designed with durable magnesium alloy cases, drop- and spill-resistant engineering, sealed all-weather design and shock-mounted hard drives, Toughbook mobile computers can withstand the rigors of the road. Just as important, Toughbook computers can be sanitized with alcohol prep pads or similar disinfectants, creating a safer blood collection environment.

Clinical Documentation Solution

Although a mobile blood drive offers convenience for people interested in donating blood, it can present a number of operational challenges for healthcare professionals. Rural or untraditional locations such as parking lots may prevent clinicians from quickly accessing or transmitting vital information. Furthermore, confined spaces make it difficult to respect donors' privacy. When recording sensitive patient information, clinicians and donors need technology solutions that make the blood donation process as simple and error free as possible. And the computers they use should be able to hold up to the wear and tear common with mobility.

Toughbook mobile computers can do this and more. Thanks to the touchscreens, technicians use Toughbook computers to quickly and accurately collect data such as donors' blood type and health history. Using the integrated mobile broadband, data is transmitted to hospitals in real time, eliminating paperwork and the need for data entry. Some Toughbook rugged laptops even come equipped with swivel screens, allowing donors to easily enter in their most sensitive information themselves—without the potential embarrassment of telling clinicians. By wirelessly transferring this data, Toughbook computers not only increase clinicians’ productivity, they help ensure the safety of blood recipients.

Donor Consent and Education Solution

In order to streamline operations and reduce paperwork, more blood centers are using mobile computers to allow donors to complete self-service forms or access educational materials. However, lack of familiarity with the device, as well as a stressed and hurried environment, hardly give donors a reason to treat these computers with “kid gloves.” As a result, computers take a beating.

Blood centers are turning to Toughbook rugged laptops and mobile clinical devices (MCA's) as a solution that stands up to the potentially careless user. Toughbook computers are engineered to handle everything from soda spills to tumbles on the floor. With magnesium alloy cases, shock-mounted hard drives and other rugged features, blood centers can put Toughbook computers in donors’ hands with confidence. The daylight-viewable touchscreen allows donors to fill out forms more quickly and easily than using paper forms. And it also allows staff to capture donor signatures electronically. All of this data is streamed wirelessly to a central database where it can be accessed by other staff members in real time.

Panasonic understands the need to control germs and diseases in these environments. That is why Toughbook laptops and MCA's can be sanitized using the most stringent standards. The MCA even comes with a built-in sanitization reminder and auditing system to ensure its cleanliness. And with its fanless design, it ensures that germs and viruses are not accidentally spread by sucking them into the machine and blowing them out later.

These features and more make Toughbook mobile computers the obvious choice for blood centers looking to reduce paperwork and streamline operations.