RFID Technology and the Blood Supply Chain
Program Code: 5305-TC
Monday, October 22, 2007
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Lynne Briggs, BS, MBA, BloodCenter of Wisconsin

SPEAKERS
Lynne Briggs, BS, MBA, BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Raj Veeramani, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clive Hohberger, PhD, Zebra Technologies Corporation
David Butler, BS, MBA, Heartland Innovations, LLC
Ralf Knels, German Red Cross and ISBT RFID Working Party
Rodeina Davis, BS, BloodCenter of Wisconsin

DESCRIPTION
The nation's blood products supply chain is a critical pillar of our public health infrastructure. Adoption of new technology has the potential to reduce or completely eliminate errors leading to mis-transfusions which cause unnecessary patient injury. RFID use also allows improved efficiency and reduction of costs along the entire blood products supply chain. This session will review the technology, and is adoption maturity, as well as the status of key studies in blood. A panel discussion will follow.