Innovative Blood Culture Tracking

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Blood Culture Tracking

November 13, 2020

Sepsis is an infectious disease that can be life-threatening. If a patient is suspected of having sepsis, blood cultures must be taken. However, during the journey from the patient to the laboratory, time delays can occur — often because the blood cultures are left unattended. Therefore, tracking their location is highly desirable. In the lab, the blood is examined for bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.

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Sepsis Facts:

• Every hour of delay in treating sepsis increases the risk of death by 8%
• 1 in 3 hospital deaths is associated with sepsis
• 3.4 million patients suffer from sepsis annually in Europe, and 700,000 die from it
• Treating sepsis patients costs 6 times more than treating non-sepsis patients

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A Joint Development with University Medicine Greifswald

Together with University Medicine Greifswald, we are developing a tracking solution for blood cultures. A central component of our development is a transport protection box, which is shown in position 2 in the illustration below.