Rad Control
RAD-CONTROL® labels are carefully engineered tools to verify blood irradiation. They serve to improve blood safety, help to enhance efficiency and streamline protocols in blood banks and the transfusion medicine.
Why blood irradiation?
Blood irradiation stops high-risk patients from developing the almost always fatal transfusion-associated Graft-versus-Host Disease (TA-GvHD), a possible complication of blood transfusion. It occurs when immunodeficient patients receive non-irradiated blood transfusions.
Discover the solution that best suits your facility’s needs with three options to choose from. All three types are equipped with innovative technology and customisable features and can be stored at room temperature. All can also be used with equal efficacy for both Gamma and X-ray irradiation systems; however, they must never be used as a dosimeter.
Electronically readable irradiation results
RAD-CONTROL® BARCODE
Automate your irradiation process with a new generation of blood irradiation indicators: the RAD-CONTROL® BARCODE is a sophisticated verification tool for the irradiation process of blood. Following ISBT’s recommendation for machine readable codes, the labels deliver electronic capabilities and scannable irradiation results for an automated, streamlined process.
Key Benefits
Simpler: No more protocol lists - the irradiation result is entered automatically into the Lab-IT system
Easier: no manual notes on each indicator necessary - date and user are recorded automatically
Faster: digital irradiation result immediately availablethe entire documentation process is less time consuming - the entire documentation process is less time consuming
Safer - no manual data entry of irradiation results
No irradiated blood bag without digitally traceable irradiation result
Complete tracking of who did what and when with which product
How it Works
With two indicator fields, the RAD-CONTROL® BARCODE is simply affixed to the blood product before irradiation. Innovative technology means that during the irradiation process the first indicator field turns into a barcode, and the second displays visual confirmation of irradiation. Once the blood has been irradiated, the verification result appears as a barcode. The result also appears in print in a second field. The barcode can be scanned to digitally verify that each individual blood bag was inside the irradiator and exposed to irradiation.
To utilise the RAD-CONTROL® BARCODE label and to release the irradiated blood product with your facility’s software, follow these steps:
STEP 1: Identify the blood product by scanning the blood product information.
STEP 2: Verify the blood irradiation process by scanning the electronically readable irradiation result.The result is automatically stored in your database to allow for a more efficient and streamlined workflow.