Systems and methods for managing blood donations
AssigneeApplied Science, Inc.
InventorsJames A. Bancroft, James E. Goodnow, II
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods of using them to collect blood, are provided, by first ensuring that the patient's skin is properly cleaned, to prevent contamination of the collected blood. One feature is a blood collection device configured to collect blood from a patient. Another feature is a scrub timer integrated into the device and configured to indicate to a user a scrub time period prior to beginning a blood draw process. The scrub timer can be configured to audibly and/or visually indicate to a user the start and stop times of a scrub cleaning process. In one embodiment, the scrub timer can be restarted, either manually or automatically, if the scrub cleaning process is not followed properly.
Claims27
A method of collecting blood from a patient, the method comprising:
- initiating, in a blood collection device, a scrub timer having a scrub time period;
- during the scrub time period, disinfecting skin tissue of the patient at a needle entry site with a disinfectant;
- and
- after the scrub time period has elapsed, beginning a blood draw process with the blood collection device.
A method of collecting blood from a patient, the method comprising:
- initiating, in a blood collection device, a scrub timer having a scrub time period;
- visibly and/or audibly counting down the scrub timer during the scrub time period with a graphical user interface and/or an audible output of the blood collection device;
- automatically initiating, in the blood collection device after the scrub time period has elapsed, a dry timer having a dry time period;
- visibly and/or audibly counting down the dry timer during the dry time period with the graphical user interface and/or the audible output of the blood collection device;
- and
- beginning a blood draw process with the blood collection device after the dry time period has elapsed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.