Patent ID: 8005622

Claim:
A computer system for displaying a notification that a blood product unit is safe to administer to a patient at the patient's location prior to the patient receiving a blood transfusion, the system comprising: a first receiving component at one or more remote computers located at a patient location for receiving identification to identify the blood product to be administered to the patient; a second receiving component at the one or more remote computers located at the patient location for receiving identification to identify the patient; an accessing component for accessing via a network a blood bank database located separate from the patient location, the blood bank database containing a plurality of pre-determined blood compatibility test results; a determining component for determining whether the database contains a pre-determined blood compatibility test result by comparing compatibility data for the identified blood product from the first receiving component at the one or more remote computers located at the patient location with compatibility data for the identified patient from the second receiving component at the one or more remote computers located at the patient location to verify that the identified blood product is safe to administer to the identified patient; and a displaying component for displaying a notification to a user at the patient's location at the one or more remote computers prior to transfusion that the identified blood product is safe to administer to the identified patient.