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Blood Bank
$0.25 per user/moDonor register, screening, cross-matching, issue and transfusion tracking.
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Laboratory
Laboratory
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Donor Registration & Records
Register blood donors with full demographics, contact details, national ID, address and clinical notes in a dedicated donor record.
Auto donor card numberingEvery donor gets a unique auto-generated donor card number (DNR/year/000001) enforced unique at database level.
Donor type classificationClassify donors as voluntary, family/replacement or autologous to match transfusion-service donor policies.
Blood group & Rhesus captureRecord ABO blood group with Rhesus factor auto-derived from the group selection.
Automatic age computation & eligibility guardAge is computed from date of birth and a constraint blocks non-autologous donors outside the 18-65 year range.
Deferral status trackingFlag donors as eligible, temporarily deferred or permanently deferred with reason and 'deferred until' date.
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Donation Collection
Capture each blood collection event with unique auto-numbered bag ID linked to donor and session.
Pre-donation vitals captureRecord blood pressure, hemoglobin, weight, pulse and temperature before collection.
Hemoglobin minimum enforcementCompletion is blocked when hemoglobin falls below 12.5 g/dL for men or 12.0 for women.
Pre-screening pass gateA donation cannot be completed until pre-screening is explicitly marked as passed.
Multiple donation typesSupport whole blood, plasma apheresis, platelet apheresis and double-red-cell collections.
Bag & anticoagulant selectionChoose bag configuration (single/double/triple/quad) and anticoagulant (CPD, CPDA-1, SAGM) per collection.
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TTI Screening & Release
Screen every donation for HIV, HBV (HBsAg), HCV, syphilis and malaria with per-marker results.
Per-test methodology captureRecord the test method (rapid, ELISA, CMIA/CLIA, NAT) used for each infection marker.
ABO/Rh confirmationConfirm ABO grouping and Rhesus typing with confirmed/discrepant results.
Automatic releasability calculationSystem computes 'all negative' and 'releasable' flags, requiring all TTI negative plus confirmed ABO/Rh.
Unique lab reference numberingEach screening gets an auto-generated unique lab reference and is limited to one per donation.
Mark-passed auto-releases stockPassing screening moves all quarantined units from that donation to available inventory automatically.
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Blood Product Inventory
Every blood product unit is tracked separately with a unique auto-generated unit code.
Six product typesManage whole blood, packed red cells, leukoreduced red cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate.
Type-specific expiry computationExpiry date is auto-calculated from product type and anticoagulant (e.g. 35 days CPDA-1, 5 days platelets, 365 days plasma).
Days-to-expiry indicatorLive countdown of days remaining before each unit expires.
Storage temperature guidanceEach unit displays its required storage temperature range based on product type.
Storage location trackingRecord the physical fridge/freezer location of each unit.
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Clinical Request Workflow
Clinicians raise blood requests for a patient with auto-numbered reference and requesting doctor defaulted to the current user's staff record.
Urgency levelsClassify requests as routine, urgent, STAT or MCI/emergency.
ICD-10 indicationAttach a clinical indication text and ICD-10 diagnosis code to justify the transfusion.
Patient blood profileRecord known patient blood group, Rh, current Hb and target Hb on the request.
Special product requirementsFlag needs for irradiated, leukoreduced, washed or CMV-negative products and antibody screening.
Request state machineRequests progress through draft, sent, crossmatching, crossmatched, issued, transfused and canceled states, some auto-advanced downstream.
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Crossmatch & Compatibility
Create compatibility tests linking a request and patient to candidate donor units.
Per-unit compatibility resultsRecord a compatibility line per candidate unit (compatible, major/minor incompatibility, weak positive).
ABO/Rh & antibody screen captureLog overall ABO and Rh compatibility plus antibody screen result on the crossmatch.
Crossmatch methodologyRecord the technique used: saline/immediate spin, indirect antiglobulin, gel card or solid phase.
Tested-by / verified-by dual sign-offCapture both the technologist who tested and the staff who verified the crossmatch.
72-hour validity windowValid-until is auto-computed as 72 hours from the crossmatch time per transfusion standards.
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Issue, Transfusion & Cold-Chain
Issue reserved units against a crossmatch with auto-numbered reference, capturing collector and issuer.
Cold-chain temperature gateIssuing blocks with a cold-chain-breach error if pickup temperature reaches or exceeds 10 C.
4-hour return-due timerReturn-due time is auto-set to 4 hours after issue for unused-unit return control.
Return & expired-in-use handlingReturn an unused unit back to available, or mark it expired-in-use to discard it.
Transfusion recordsDocument bedside administration of an issued unit to a patient with auto-numbered reference.
Two-nurse sign-offCapture both the administering nurse and a witness nurse for bedside safety checks.
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Haemovigilance & Reactions
Log adverse transfusion reactions with auto-numbered reference linked to transfusion, patient and unit.
Severity gradingGrade reactions mild through moderate, severe, life-threatening or fatal.
Reaction categorizationClassify by category (FNHTR, allergic/anaphylactic, acute/delayed hemolytic, TACO, TRALI, bacterial, GVHD etc.).
Clinical documentation fieldsRecord symptoms, vital-sign changes, action taken and whether the transfusion was stopped.
Investigation workflowTrack lab sample return, repeat ABO confirmation and reviewer with open/investigating/closed states.
Root-cause & prevention analysisCapture rich-text root cause analysis and prevention recommendations plus a causality classification.
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Blood Bank
Tracked with blood group, product type and available — shown as a list, pivot or graph. 43 in the live demo.
Available UnitsTracked with unit code, source donation and bag — shown as a list, kanban board, form, calendar, pivot, graph or activity. 50 in the live demo.
DonorsTracked with donor card, contact and donor type — shown as a list, kanban board, form, pivot, graph or activity. 50 in the live demo.
DonationsTracked with bag id, donor and blood group — shown as a list, kanban board, form, calendar, pivot, graph or activity. 130 in the live demo.
Screening ResultsTracked with lab reference, donation and donor — shown as a list, kanban board, form, calendar, pivot, graph or activity. 80 in the live demo.
RequestsTracked with patient, requesting doctor and department — shown as a list, kanban board, form, calendar, pivot, graph or activity. 20 in the live demo.
Crossmatch WorklistTracked with blood request, patient and facility — shown as a list, kanban board, form, calendar, pivot, graph or activity.
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Configuration
A guided assistant — fill it in once and it writes every record it touches.
Deferral ReasonsTracked with code, severity and default deferral period (days) — shown as a list or form.
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Documents it prints
Printed as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
Crossmatch ReportPrinted as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
Transfusion Reaction FormPrinted as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
Session ReportPrinted as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
Daily Blood Stock ReportPrinted as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
Transfusion RecordPrinted as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
Blood Request FormPrinted as a PDF straight from the record, on your own letterhead.
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It runs by itself
Runs every 1 days, unattended — nobody has to remember it.
Blood Bank: Alert expiring units (48h)Runs every 1 days, unattended — nobody has to remember it.
Blood Bank: Check expiring crossmatchesRuns every 60 minutess, unattended — nobody has to remember it.
Blood Bank: Recall eligible donorsRuns every 1 days, unattended — nobody has to remember it.
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Roles it ships
A role in Blood Bank — enforced on every screen, report and API call, not just hidden from the menu.
Blood Bank / TechnicianA role in Blood Bank — enforced on every screen, report and API call, not just hidden from the menu.
Blood Bank / ScreenerA role in Blood Bank — enforced on every screen, report and API call, not just hidden from the menu.
Blood Bank / ManagerA role in Blood Bank — enforced on every screen, report and API call, not just hidden from the menu.
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Guided assistants
A guided step-by-step job that validates everything before it writes anything.
Config SettingsA guided step-by-step job that validates everything before it writes anything.
Integrated apps
Blood Bank shares one database with the rest of BridgeERP — these are the apps it already talks to, with nothing to buy in between.
Builds on
Blood Bank needs these to run — they come with it in the same plan.
And the wider platform
Any BridgeERP app can join the same database.
AccountingFull double-entry accounting, bank reconciliation, assets, budgets and statutory reports.
ExpensesEmployee expense claims with receipt capture and reimbursement.
InvoicingCustomer invoices, vendor bills, payments and tax handling.
SignSend documents for legally binding electronic signature.
SubscriptionsRecurring contracts, automatic renewals and MRR reporting.
EmployeesEmployee records, contracts, attendance, skills, appraisals and referrals.More Bridge HMS Suite apps
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Electronic Health RecordLongitudinal record, problem lists, allergies, care plans and clinical decision support.LaboratoryTest catalogue, sample tracking, analysers, result validation and reporting.From front desk to discharge, on one system
One patient record across reception, clinics, wards, theatre, lab, pharmacy and the cash office — with billing and insurance claims built in.