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LOGGERTitle of the Sub-Project: Mobile Temperature Control of blood units - LOGGER Description: The demand for blood transfusions is steadily increasing due to an aging population and advances in medical treatment. Therefore, blood centres take donations and process them into blood bottles with highest requirements regarding quality and safety. The blood bottles are then delivered to the hospitals upon demand. To guarantee the high quality of the blood, the cooling chain must not be interrupted. Due to logistic reasons, up to now a continuous monitoring of the temperature was not possible, resulting in the risk of deterioration. To obtain a high level of safety and to meet the necessary high quality standards for blood transfusions, it is essential to closely monitor the temperature of blood units during transport. For this purpose, a reusable system will be developed by the subproject participants. It will allow to reliably monitor the temperature of the blood unit in short time intervals. In the first phase, the possibilities and needs for a temperature monitoring system of blood units will be evaluated. For this, the logistics and dependencies of different blood centres and hospitals will be analysed by the subproject partners. Within the second phase, a prototype temperature logger is developed and tested. Based on the experience of the first prototype at the blood centres in Stuttgart and Linz, new or changed requirements are identified. The design is optimised and the system development for low volume production is carried out. According to the overall Regins goals, exchanging experience and know-how between the participating regions is essential in order to know in which way private as well as public institutions are currently handling this problem and what kind of developments for future prescriptions in health care are planned. The diffusion of project results is in the interest of the Stuttgart and Linz blood centres to secure their actual high quality standards. To increase the acceptance of the system, coordinated dissemination activities in form of workshops will be implemented. Beyond the sub-project a further partnership to develop a marketable product is planned. Project Partners: - Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (D) - University of Applied Sciences Steyr (A) Contact: For further questions please contact: Mr Axel Henning Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation Nobelstr. 12 D-70569 Stuttgart Germany Tel.: 0049 711 9701775 Fax: 0049 711 9701004 E-mail: henning@ipa.fhg.de  Project Sheet LOGGER
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