Pulse - Serving the UK
According to NHS Blood and Transplant, approximately 2.1 million donations are collected, tested, processed, stored and issued every year: therefore, it is absolutely vital that the software driving and supporting the system is reliable and secure as well as user-friendly and robust.
There are currently more than 3650 active users of Pulse across 17 centres in the UK (as well as the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and Jersey), all of whom need an easy to use system on a daily basis. Pulse’s features include the ability to check blood stock levels in real time accurately and quickly, which is of paramount importance.
The system continually updates and monitors nationwide levels, providing an archive of blood allocations and offers the user the facility to filter and refine searches - for example geographically, by component and by expiry date.
Pulse is hallmarked by its flexibility. While the software is compliant with all regulations and controls in this sector, data can be stored independently without compromising integrity - robust security features are embedded in the software.
It also enables each centre to tailor the system according to its specific needs without compromising underlying controls. It’s an evolving technology. In the pipeline are plans to enhance traceability using state of the art electronic coding technology via radio frequency tagging. A sort of barcode plus! See our RFID in Transfusion Blog
We are justifiably proud of our long contribution to blood transfusion, this link provides a time line for that involvement.
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