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LifeLine Blood Bank Data Management System

Comprehensive, safe, easy-to-use system to improve your productivity.

There are few second chances which is why the LifeLine data management system helps maximize the safety, versatility, and productivity of transfusion services and donor centers. The preferred software of blood bank professionals throughout the world, LifeLine enables you to better utilize your resources.

Enhances the Safety of Your Facility

Based on comments from blood bank professionals like yourself, LifeLine was designed to improve the safety of blood activities. Menu-driven and able to run under Microsoft Windows, it has many advanced monitoring features including directed and autologous tracking; alerts for discrepant test results, quarantined units, deferred donors, patient antibodies, and special needs; and extensive user-defined issue controls.

In addition to automatically comparing entered data against known truth tables, LifeLine uses a smart bar code system to "read" the labels on units, and accurately enter the information into your system. Clerical and transcription errors are virtually eliminated.

LifeLine can also produce unit compatibility tags which include information about type of blood product, unit number, ABO/Rh factor, expiration date, the address of your facility, and crossmatch compatibility.

Provides Flexibility to Satisfy Your Most Challenging Needs

For over ten years, LifeLine has set the standard for controlling and monitoring all phases of blood bank activities from donor recruitment, to donation and blood product receipt, testing, transfusion, and utilization review. Designed specifically for blood banks, it can easily be tailored to meet your institutionās unique requirements.

Because LifeLine computerizes activities normally performed by hand, you can quickly access up-to-the-minute information about patients, donors, and blood inventories without referring to cumbersome handwritten records. In addition, detailed information such as patientsā and donorsā histories, special needs, blood products characteristics, collection dates, reagent and device quality control (QC), and validation records are accurately captured, recorded and stored on-line for immediate retrieval and review.

Strengthens Reporting Capabilities

The LifeLine system includes a library of report templates specifically designed for use in blood banks. Also available is StarWriter, an industry standard report-writing program which enables you to produce reports which are tailored to your facilityās unique needs. With these tools, you can quickly produce transfusion summaries, inventory statuses, daily activity reports, comprehensive workload reports, utilization reviews, and other useful documents.

Integrates with

Your existing system using an HL7 industry standard network link, LifeLine integrates with all major Laboratory Information Systems. This link makes it possible to receive orders and patient demographics, and send test results and billing information back to your Laboratory or Hospital Information System.

Simplifies Validation

Informedics provides you with the tools to expedite the once time-consuming validation of your blood bank system. Using electronic screen capture and direct screen print functions, you can quickly capture, view, print, and store validation data. When requested, the information can immediately be viewed on your screen or printed.

To further help you comply with regulations, we offer regulatory compliance training, suggested test plans and templates, and our Regulatory Compliance Officer is always available to answer your questions.

Automates Your Quality Control

LifeLine takes the Īroutineā out of your daily reagent and periodic device quality control by accurately maintaining detailed records of daily testing of instrument serial numbers, reagent lot numbers, and expiration dates. In addition, you can easily record explanatory comments for any corrective actions taken.

Minimizes System Downtime

Because LifeLine has no-downtime backup capabilities, it can operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Donor and unit information is always available for routine or emergency review and use. Should a component failure occur, its fault-tolerance configuration minimizes downtime and makes it possible to quickly pinpoint and repair the problem.

You May Know us as Western Star

Since 1984, Western Star has been installing the LifeLine Blood Bank Data Management System system in blood banks throughout the world. Since then, numerous features have been added, and changes made to the original product. Most recently, the Western Star name was changed to Informedics.

While our name has changed, the safety, quality, and acceptability of our LifeLine systems has remained the same. Used in blood banks throughout the world, LifeLine helps assure that required tests are performed, necessary safeguards are met, and donor and patient records are kept confidential. Plus, it gives you the added convenience of being able either to view records on-screen or print a hard copy.


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