Global Blood Solutions

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Blood centers around the world are facing times of incredible change.

Healthcare reform. Industry consolidation. Patient blood management. Declining donor bases. Evolving regulations. Price compression. Not to mention the constant threat of emerging pathogens reaching new geographies.

These changes cause fluctuations in the demand for and availability of blood. How blood centers face this challenge will impact their future success.

That’s why, as a global leader in blood processing and handling, we’re doing all we can to address these issues with technology, software, insights, and advocacy — all backed by 60 years of experience.

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Take command of demand

In the past, demand for blood was steadily growing in both developed and developing markets, as populations grew and aged, healthcare infrastructure improved, and the practice of medicine advanced.

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has targeted improving blood safety and ensuring the availability of blood and blood components as a significant challenge for developing markets — in particular, for pediatrics and maternal health. Blood centers in these markets must find ways to collect the components they need and do more with the donors in front of them while also reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted diseases and costly discards of infected blood, which further contribute to shortages.

In developed markets, advanced surgeries and patient blood utilization efforts have dramatically reduced the number of transfusions performed. In the U.S. alone, the number of whole blood and red blood cell units collected declined from 15.7 million in 2011 to about 12.5 million in 2015 — a drop of 20% in just a few years.¹˒² These centers are challenged with controlling costs, collecting the right components from the right donors, consolidating for savings, and diversifying for continued growth.

Advancing innovation and progress as global standards

In both developing and developed markets, advanced technologies offer blood centers the promise of capturing efficiencies they may have overlooked or may not be aware of.

Advancements in automated collections and processing can help blood centers better meet and manage demand, reduce waste, and provide control and consistency in their processes.

By combining these improvements with pathogen reduction technologies, blood centers can more easily meet the challenges of blood availability, reduce discards, and more closely match collections to demand, while providing patients an additional layer of protection against transfusion-transmitted disease.

Supporting data-driven decision-making and connectivity

Operational oversight is another tool that can help maximize efficiency. Most blood centers collect a great deal of data, but few are using it to their full advantage. The right software can gather data and run reports that make decision-making easier and more well-informed — even in real time and across multiple locations.

Software that works across blood center devices — from collection to processing — and can communicate that information bidirectionally with blood center IT systems will play a huge role in automating decisions and capturing efficiencies. The industry is now catching up with others by offering modern, powerful software products that integrate comprehensively.

TOMEs™ (Terumo Operational Medical Equipment Software) — a Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies solution that offers compatibility with a growing number of devices — is the first blood center software to provide this type of comprehensive functionality. Blood centers that have adopted the system are already experiencing the benefits.

Other software solutions allow blood centers to benchmark their performance and track their progress against objectives. This helps to inspire accountability, monitor device performance, and assist in identifying and resolving potential equipment issues quickly, easily, and remotely — saving time and money.

Championing efficiency through automation

As in many other industries, automated processes offer greater efficiency, streamlined operations, simplified data capture, and timely data analysis.

Automation can be as simple as barcoding or as advanced as automated whole blood processing, combined with sophisticated software that tracks each donation every step of the way through your blood center.

Imagine the efficiency gains with tools that match each donor with the best possible collection and then guide decision-making through processing each donation into the most needed and viable products.

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Delivering the support and partnership you need

No matter where your blood center is today, you can benefit from working with a partner who understands your business — from donor to patient — and is willing and able to collaborate with you to find the solutions that best meet your needs.

Industry experts predict that change is here to stay; in fact, the rate of change we are experiencing today is likely to accelerate. The blood center market will continue to evolve, and the blood centers that thrive will continue to find new ways to capture and deliver value and achieve growth.

Work with a partner who understands your needs. Contact us today. 

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Disclaimers and notes

Whitaker, B. and K. Haass, "Results From The 2015 Blood Surveys." 2016 AABB Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida. 24 October 2016. Presentation.
KW Chung, et al., "Declining Blood Collection and Utilization in the United States." Transfusion 2016; 56 (9): 2184–2192.

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