title: Bar code-based pre-transfusion check in pre-operative autologous blood donation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The objective of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of a bar code-based identification system for the pre-transfusion check at the bedside in the setting of pre-operative autologous blood donation (PABD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Between July 2003 and December 2008 we determined the compliance rate and causes of failure of electronic bedside checking for PABD transfusion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 5627 (9% of all transfusions) PABD units were administered without a single mistransfusion. The overall rate of compliance with electronic checking was 99%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The bar code-based identification system was applicable to the pre-transfusion check for PABD transfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. ohsaka@juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akimichi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohsaka
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: Mitsue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Inada
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000379:methods*; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface