Blood bank software that keeps a live inventory and a complete chain from unit to recipient
A blood bank is a facility that collects or receives, tests, stores, labels and issues blood and blood components for transfusion, working under 21 CFR Part 606 for good manufacturing practice and Part 607 for establishment registration. Records are retained for no less than 10 years, red cells are commonly dated at 42 days and platelets at 5, so inventory, expiry and traceability are one problem rather than three. Neurobird holds a live inventory by product, ABO Rh and expiry with a complete chain per unit.
Neurobird Blood Bank in short
- Track every unit by product, ABO Rh and expiry, so short dated stock is seen before it is wasted
- Record every state change from receipt to issue, return or disposal as a timestamped link
- Keep the donor to recipient chain complete without a paper log in the middle of it
- 606 21 CFR Part 606 is the current good manufacturing practice regulation for blood and blood components: written SOPs, equipment records, labelling and quality control, with records retained no less than 10 years. eCFR, 21 CFR Part 606
- 607 Blood establishments register with the FDA and list their products, with registration renewed on an annual cycle. Part 607 is where that obligation and its timing sit. eCFR, 21 CFR Part 607
- Pricing runs 240 to 880 US dollars per month across 3 tiers. Early access is free.
What hospital blood banks and community blood centres actually deal with
Why it stays broken
A blood bank is a manufacturing operation, a cold warehouse and a clinical service at the same time. The LIS handles results, the fridge handles temperature, and the reconciliation between 480 units on hand and what the SOP says still happens on paper.
One unit issued without a complete chain is a deviation you will still be explaining 120 months later.
Universal precautions shall be observed to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials.
What actually governs a blood bank
Useful if you are writing SOPs or preparing for an inspection. Each source links out.
21 CFR Part 606 is the current good manufacturing practice regulation for blood and blood components: written SOPs, equipment records, labelling and quality control, with records retained no less than 10 years.
eCFR, 21 CFR Part 606Blood establishments register with the FDA and list their products, with registration renewed on an annual cycle. Part 607 is where that obligation and its timing sit.
eCFR, 21 CFR Part 607Part 640 sets additional standards for whole blood, red blood cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate, including collection volumes, storage temperature and dating periods for each component.
eCFR, 21 CFR Part 640Part 630 covers donor eligibility, donor education, deferral and requirements for blood intended for transfusion, including the acceptance criteria applied before a donation is taken.
eCFR, 21 CFR Part 630The OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard governs exposure control plans, sharps handling, labelling and annual training for everyone working the bench.
OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1030Neurobird Blood Bank Operations Platform
Track the unit rather than the test. Every state change, received, labelled, crossmatched, issued, returned or discarded, becomes a timestamped link in one chain.
- 1Track every unit by product, ABO Rh and expiry, so short dated stock is seen before it is wasted
- 2Record every state change from receipt to issue, return or disposal as a timestamped link
- 3Keep the donor to recipient chain complete without a paper log in the middle of it
- 4Hold records in a form that is still readable and searchable 120 months later
What changes with Neurobird Blood Bank?
The same work, read left to right: how it runs today, and how it runs once the record is in one place.
| Today | With Neurobird Blood Bank |
|---|---|
| Red cells run 42 days, platelets run 5, and the inventory picture that decides what gets ordered is a whiteboard | Track every unit by product, ABO Rh and expiry, so short dated stock is seen before it is wasted |
| Every unit needs a traceable chain from donor to recipient, and a good part of that chain is signatures on paper | Record every state change from receipt to issue, return or disposal as a timestamped link |
| Records have to survive 10 years, so the paper never leaves, it just gets harder to find when someone asks | Keep the donor to recipient chain complete without a paper log in the middle of it |
Who is this for?
Same unit chain, three different operations.
You hold and issue
You receive from a supplier and issue to theatres and wards. You need expiry visibility and an issue chain that does not depend on a binder.
You collect and distribute
Collection, testing, labelling and distribution to multiple hospitals. You need inventory across sites and registration ready records.
You solve the hard cases
Antibody workups and rare units. You need the investigation attached to the unit and the patient, retrievable years later.
How does Neurobird Blood Bank work?
Every unit is a record
Product, ABO Rh, collection and expiry dates, special attributes such as irradiated or leukoreduced, held from receipt to final disposition.
State changes are links
Crossmatch, issue, return, transfusion and discard are recorded as events on the unit, so the chain assembles itself instead of being reconstructed.
Inventory tells you early
Short dated stock, thin ABO groups and pending special requirements surface before they become a waste report or an emergency order.
The fridge, unit by unit
A working preview. Tick a unit to move it through its chain.
| Requirement | Status | Next due | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossmatch, 2 units, theatre 3 | current | in 42d | |
| Type and screen, patient 20114 | due soon | in 9d | |
| Irradiated request, oncology | current | in 120d | |
| Antibody workup, anti K | overdue | 3d late | |
| O negative, unit 8841, near expiry | current | in 64d |
Tick a requirement to file evidence against it.
Blood bank software questions, answered
Key terms
- What is a blood bank?
- A blood bank is a facility that collects or receives, tests, stores, labels and issues blood and blood components for transfusion. In the United States it operates under 21 CFR Part 606 for current good manufacturing practice, Part 607 for establishment registration, Part 630 for donor eligibility and Part 640 for component standards.
How long can components be stored?
It depends on the component and the collection method. Red cells in an approved additive solution are commonly dated at 42 days, platelets at 5 days, and frozen plasma far longer. Part 640 sets the dating periods and storage conditions for each component.
How long do blood bank records have to be kept?
Part 606 requires records to be retained for no less than 10 years, which is 120 months of retrievable history for every unit, every deviation and every SOP version. In practice that means the retrieval problem outlives the storage problem.
Who inspects a blood bank?
The FDA inspects registered blood establishments against Parts 606, 607, 630 and 640. Hospital transfusion services may also be assessed by accrediting bodies, and OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard at 29 CFR 1910.1030 covers bench safety, exposure control and training.
Does this replace the laboratory information system?
No. Testing and results stay in the LIS. What lives here is the unit: where it is, what state it is in, when it expires and the complete chain behind it, so inventory and traceability stop being two separate exercises.
Why we are building this
A blood bank is held to manufacturing rules, runs perishable inventory and answers clinical demand that cannot wait. Very little software treats all 3 of those as the same job.
So the LIS holds results, the fridge holds temperature and the chain from donor to recipient is completed with signatures, which is exactly the part that has to survive 120 months of retention.
We would rather build this with people who work the bench than with people who read the regulation. Tell us how your chain runs, and where we have got it wrong.
Where the requirement comes from
The federal standards a blood bank is inspected against.
- 21 CFR Part 606, cGMP for blood Standard operating procedures, equipment, labelling, quality control and the 10 year record retention requirement.
- 21 CFR Part 640, blood product standards Component by component standards for whole blood, red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate, including dating periods.
- CDC NHSN hemovigilance The national surveillance module for transfusion related adverse reactions and incidents.
- AABB The recognised standards body for blood banks and transfusion services, whose standards most accreditation is assessed against.
How much does Neurobird Blood Bank cost?
Priced per site because inventory, fridges and SOPs are site level things. Units, users and records are unlimited on every tier.
- Unit level inventory
- ABO Rh and expiry views
- State change logging
- Issue records
- Email support
- Everything in Single site
- Donor to recipient chain
- Short dated stock alerts
- Deviation records
- Named contact
- Everything in Transfusion service
- Multi site inventory
- LIS interfacing
- Retention ready archives
- Onboarding included
Get free early access
If you run a blood bank, tell us where the paper still sits in your chain and what an audit costs you to answer.
Straight answer on where this is: In development. Early access gets the working preview, a say in what ships first, and early access pricing. It does not get you a login today.
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