Design and practice of an emergency blood allocation system based on radiofrequency identification technology.

Background and Objectives: Currently, blood allocation is solely done by scanning barcode labels for each bag of blood, with low efficiency. However, the rapid allocation of emergency blood is required owing to the rapid increase in blood consumption during unconventional emergencies. This study aimed to design and apply radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology for the rapid allocation of blood in batches with advantages in time, efficiency and accuracy.
Materials and Methods: A blood emergency allocation system based on RFID technology was designed using a multi-label anti-collision algorithm and tested with automatic information check, a comparative study of scanning speed and accuracy, data analysis and other methods.
Results: The optimal packing quantities of suspended red blood cells and fresh frozen plasma were 40 and 50 bags per box, respectively. The application of rapid batch allocation of blood using RFID technology was performed, and the data sent and received by RFID scanning and barcode scanning were compared.
Conclusion: The designed RFID blood emergency allocation system could effectively achieve the rapid and batch allocation of emergency blood and has the advantages of stability, efficiency and accuracy in blood emergency allocation and management.
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