Wong Kit Fai
Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
J Pathol Inform. 2011 Jan 24;2:6. doi: 10.4103/2153-3539.76155.
Virtual blood bank is the computer-controlled, electronically linked information management system that allows online ordering and real-time, remote delivery of blood for transfusion. It connects the site of testing to the point of care at a remote site in a real-time fashion with networked computers thus maintaining the integrity of immunohematology test results. It has taken the advantages of information and communication technologies to ensure the accuracy of patient, specimen and blood component identification and to enhance personnel traceability and system security. The built-in logics and process constraints in the design of the virtual blood bank can guide the selection of appropriate blood and minimize transfusion risk. The quality of blood inventory is ascertained and monitored, and an audit trail for critical procedures in the transfusion process is provided by the paperless system. Thus, the virtual blood bank can help ensure that the right patient receives the right amount of the right blood component at the right time.
虚拟血库是一种由计算机控制、通过电子方式连接的信息管理系统，它允许在线订购并实时远程交付用于输血的血液。它通过联网计算机以实时方式将检测地点与远程的护理点连接起来，从而保持免疫血液学检测结果的完整性。它利用了信息和通信技术的优势，以确保患者、标本和血液成分识别的准确性，并提高人员可追溯性和系统安全性。虚拟血库设计中内置的逻辑和流程约束可以指导合适血液的选择，并将输血风险降至最低。该无纸化系统可确定并监测血液库存质量，并提供输血过程中关键程序的审计跟踪。因此，虚拟血库有助于确保正确的患者在正确的时间接受正确数量的正确血液成分。
