News & Events

Learn about the exciting new features in BBCS Primary 5.4 and discover why over 1.4 million units of blood are processed through the BBCS Primary System annually by stopping by the BBCS booth #1318 at the 2009 AABB TXPO.

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Blood Bank Computer Systems, Inc. and Donor Dialogue will be integrating their two software solutions to allow for a bi-directional information flow. This partnership will provide BBCS clients with a safe integration of a non-regulated software solution to their regulated B.E.C.S

BBCS Primary 5.0 Application Will Support HemCon’s Automated Blood Establishment Computer System

Learn about the exciting new features in BBCS Primary 5.4 and discover why over 1.4 million units of blood are processed through the BBCS Primary System annually by stopping by the BBCS booth #1318 at the 2009 AABB TXPO.

Want the full scoop? Sign up for a product demonstration and have one of BBCS’s trained professionals guide you through the system and explain the benefits for your facility while attending the TXPO.

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Everybody loves prizes! Sign up for our progressive prize giveaway and stop by our booth to learn more!

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The February issue of AABB News featured an insightful piece written by Peggy Dunn, “Leveraging Lean in Information Technology”. Peggy is the Director of Information Technology at the Puget Sound Blood Center, the largest electronic cross-match laboratory in the nation. BBCS has worked closely with Peggy and the Puget Sound Blood Center for more than 15 years. Peggy’s article discusses how the struggling economy has forced companies in all industries to cut expenses and implement new methods to increase efficiency. She focuses on three specific methodologies being used by blood centers around the nation, including their own at Puget Sound. Puget Sound’s innovative ideas and techniques combined with the industry leading solutions from BBCS have allowed them to be a leader in blood manufacturing, drawing over 200 thousand units of blood annually.

To read Peggy’s article visit: http://www.aabb.org/Content/Newsletters_and_Journal/AABB_News/

It’s that time of year again! The 2010 BBCS User Group meeting is just around the corner. This year’s meeting is being held in sunny Jacksonville, FL from June 13-15 and has an exciting schedule of events lined up. Jacksonville is home to The Blood Alliance, a 15+ year client of BBCS who has just recently implemented the Self Registration Questionnaire (SRQ). We are excited to have several speakers from the industry including Dale Malloy (CEO of The Blood Alliance) and Kellie Kerr (Director of Technologies at America’s Blood Centers). Kellie will be discussing and updating the group on current and future ABC initiatives including the new AIM project. Last year’s User Group event hosted over 40 guests and this year we are expecting a similar turnout (over 70% of clients represented). BBCS User Group is an opportunity for us to update our clients on what’s going on with BBCS, discuss relevant industry news, and is a great opportunity for client networking and sharing of ideas. Some of the topics that are slated to be covered are: customer service updates, ICCBA update, a BBCS Primary Application 5.4 overview and discussion around the exciting new Collection Services software. If you haven’t signed up already, don’t waste anymore time. We’d love to see you there!

With the release of the BBCS 5.3.6 Primary Application blood centers can now exclude individual blood test, such as the Chagas test, based on the donor’s history. Our goal by giving the Primary Application the ability to do selective testing is to reduce blood center expenses by allowing them to conduct only the necessary test. Based on the average cost of a single Chagas test this could save your facility $10-20k or more per month. In the past the FDA has required that all donated blood receive the same series of tests available, but now the test for Chagas is the only test that needs to be conducted one time per donor. As of April 1st testing labs will be increasing the cost of a single Chagas test, in some cases almost doubling it. To schedule your demo contact Ken Ottrix at kottrix@bbcsinc.com

BloodNetUSA, located in Lakeland, Florida, has chosen to implement the Blood Bank Control System. BloodNetUSA process more than 58,000 units annually and provides infectious disease and NAT testing for many other blood centers. Beth Simon, BBCS’s CEO said, “We are pleased that BloodNetUSA has chosen to implement BBCS. We are excited to work with an industry leader that is not afraid to pave the way.” BloodNetUSA intends to implement the BBCS Primary Application, with SRQ, along with the BBCS Laboratory and Mobile Applications. BloodNetUSA anticipates going live with the BBCS system in early 2009. BloodNetUSA is BBCS’s 34th client.

For a full list of BBCS clients visit our client section

For more information about BloodNet vist their website at http://www.bloodnetusa.com/

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This month, BBCS held its 11th annual User Group Meeting at the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, Georgia. This two day meeting was packed with presentations from BBCS with topics including BBCS Primary 5.4, Blood Collection Services, and Recruitment. Many attendees enjoyed the panel discussions on The US Consensus ISBT/128 Labeling Standards and Creating a Paperless Donor Room using BBCS Self Registration and Online Questionnaire. The 12th annual User Group Meeting will be held in Seattle, Washington in May of 2009.

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BBCS has been actively searching for talented people with the ability to provide the highest level of quality and customer service. BBCS has increased its client base by 5 clients since 2006, bringing the total number of clients to 34. Since the beginning of 2008, BBCS had added employees to the Customer Service, Research and Development, and Device Quality Assurance teams.

New team members include: