Mobile phlebotomy software that keeps the visit, the requisition and the specimen on one record
Mobile phlebotomy is blood collection carried out where the patient is rather than in a fixed draw station, which means the requisition, the draw and the transport all happen away from the laboratory that will run the test. CLIA covers roughly 320,000 laboratory entities and requires a written or electronic test request, with an oral request confirmed in writing within 30 days. Neurobird holds the visit, the requisition and the chain of custody on one record.
Neurobird Mobile Phlebotomy in short
- Schedule draws by route and show the phlebotomist what the requisition actually asks for
- Capture collection time, tube type and draw order at the bedside rather than back at the office
- Track specimen custody from the draw to the accessioning desk, with times and names
- 320,000 Laboratory entities covered by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, all regulated on the complexity of the testing they perform. CMS, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
- 18 million Health care workers the CDC estimates are at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. OSHA, bloodborne pathogens and needlestick hazards
- Pricing runs 89 to 599 US dollars per month across 3 tiers. Early access is free.
What mobile phlebotomy providers actually deal with
Why it stays broken
A mobile draw crosses a scheduler, an ordering clinician, a phlebotomist on a route and a courier, and the laboratory information system only starts caring at accessioning. Everything before that is phone calls and paper. With about 320,000 laboratory entities under CLIA, the requisition standard is national but the workflow in front of it is improvised, which is where collection detail goes missing.
OSHA puts approximately 18 million health care workers at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
As per the BBP Standard, contaminated sharps must not be recapped but disposed of in a sharps disposal container immediately or as soon as feasible after use.
Neurobird Mobile Phlebotomy Dispatch Platform
One record per visit: the patient, the requisition and who authorised it, the tubes drawn, the collection time, the person who drew them and every hand the specimen passed through.
- 1Schedule draws by route and show the phlebotomist what the requisition actually asks for
- 2Capture collection time, tube type and draw order at the bedside rather than back at the office
- 3Track specimen custody from the draw to the accessioning desk, with times and names
- 4Hold training, vaccination and exposure records for the retention periods the standard sets
What changes with Neurobird Mobile Phlebotomy?
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 Mobile Phlebotomy |
|---|---|
| A phlebotomist arrives and the requisition is a photograph of a fax with the collection time missing | Schedule draws by route and show the phlebotomist what the requisition actually asks for |
| Specimens ride in a cooler for four hours and nothing records who held them when | Capture collection time, tube type and draw order at the bedside rather than back at the office |
| An exposure record for a needlestick sits in a paper file that has to outlive the employee by 30 years | Track specimen custody from the draw to the accessioning desk, with times and names |
Who is this for?
The same draw, three different services.
You visit patients at home
Routes, access notes and requisitions change daily. You need the phlebotomist to arrive holding a complete order rather than a text message.
You do screenings and paramedical exams
High volume, tight windows and strict identity checks. Under 42 CFR 493.1241 the requisition still has to carry the collection time, so capture it at the point of draw.
You collect to a protocol
Time points and processing windows are part of the science. You need the deviation visible on the day, not at monitoring.
What the rules say about collection
The requisition standard, the retention periods and the exposure obligations a mobile team carries with it.
Laboratory entities covered by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, all regulated on the complexity of the testing they perform.
CMS, Clinical Laboratory Improvement AmendmentsHealth care workers the CDC estimates are at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
OSHA, bloodborne pathogens and needlestick hazardsThe window for making hepatitis B vaccination available to an employee with occupational exposure after initial assignment, once training has been given.
29 CFR 1910.1030How long medical records for an employee with occupational exposure must be kept: the duration of employment plus 30 years.
29 CFR 1910.1030The window a laboratory has to solicit a written or electronic authorisation after accepting an oral request for testing.
42 CFR 493.1241The minimum retention for test requisitions and authorisations, test procedures, quality control records and reports under CLIA.
42 CFR 493.1105The route, as your team would run it
Tick a step to take a draw from booking to accessioning and watch the custody trail build.
Drag a job onto a phlebotomist to assign it.
How does Neurobird Mobile Phlebotomy work?
Book the visit
Patient, address, ordering clinician and the tests requested sit on the visit before the phlebotomist leaves, so nobody arrives holding a partial order.
Draw and record
Collection time, tubes, draw order and the collector are captured at the point of draw, which is the only moment they are known accurately.
Hand it over
Every transfer of custody is a timestamped step, so a specimen questioned on arrival has a history rather than an argument.
Mobile phlebotomy software questions, answered
Key terms
- What is mobile phlebotomy?
- It is blood collection performed at the patient's home, workplace or care setting instead of at a fixed draw station. The clinical requirements do not change: the requisition still has to carry the information 42 CFR 493.1241 lists, including specimen source and the date and time of collection, and the specimen still has to reach the laboratory in a defensible condition.
What has to be on a test requisition?
The requesting authorised person and their address, the patient identifier, sex and age or date of birth, the tests to be performed, the specimen source where relevant, and the date and time of collection. An oral request is allowed if written authorisation is solicited within 30 days.
Does this replace the laboratory information system?
No. It sits in front of it. The LIS starts at accessioning. This holds everything before that: the booking, the requisition, the draw, the collection time and the custody trail that explains how the specimen arrived.
How does it help with bloodborne pathogen compliance?
It keeps training dates, hepatitis B vaccination offers and exposure incidents against the person rather than in a filing cabinet. 29 CFR 1910.1030 expects medical records kept for the duration of employment plus 30 years, and a sharps injury log maintained alongside them.
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Where the requirement comes from
Primary sources, straight from the regulators.
- 29 CFR 1910.1030, bloodborne pathogens The exposure control plan, vaccination timing, the sharps injury log and record retention.
- OSHA, bloodborne pathogens and needlestick hazards The population at risk and the control measures inspectors expect to see in place.
- 42 CFR 493.1241, test request What a requisition must solicit, including specimen source and collection time, and the oral request rule.
- 42 CFR 493.1105, retention requirements How long requisitions, procedures, quality control records and reports have to be kept.
- CMS, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments The certification programme a collection service works underneath, and how complexity sets the rules.
How much does Neurobird Mobile Phlebotomy cost?
Priced by collector count because training, vaccination and exposure records are per person obligations. Visits, requisitions and custody records are unlimited on every tier.
- Up to 5 phlebotomists
- Unlimited visits
- Requisition capture
- Custody trail
- Up to 30 phlebotomists
- Route planning
- Collection time capture
- Training and exposure records
- Unlimited phlebotomists
- Multi laboratory routing
- Protocol time point tracking
- Priority support
Get free early access
Early access means we set up your requisition fields and laboratory handoffs before you type anything, and you keep the account free while we do it.
Straight answer on where this is: The software is in development. Nothing is purchasable today. Early access means you shape it and pay nothing while we build.
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