Blood Monitoring Solutions, Inc.

“enabling a proactive, data-driven approach to reducing red blood cell wastage and maintaining the integrity of blood” the fda mandates that blood in storage is kept between 1 to 6 degrees celsius to avoid bacterial proliferation, and red cell metabolism. blood leaving this temperature range is thrown out. the current method of deciding whether blood is wasted is a retrospective process, using temperature indicators that are attached to blood bags. at $250 per bag, that is an expensive problem. with a national average of 2.8% wastage and 15 million units collected per year, the national financial impact on hospitals is estimated around $105 million per year in raw material cost. we create a system for blood banks to monitor the blood which will not only show the temperature-time profile of the blood bag, but will also use alert to create a proactive method of saving the blood before it reaches the wastage temperature. by maintaining the temperature range, it can increase patient outcom