Dr. Meghan Delaney, chief of pathology and laboratory medicine, has partnered with Linda Barnes at Bloodworks NW, who is involved in implementation science, to develop Bloodpak. Bloodpak is a backpack with everything you need to collect blood and transfuse blood, sans any refrigeration. Accompanying the pack is an app which guides users through operating the device. “Bloodpak was designed for when you need emergency, lifesaving transfusion,” says Dr. Delaney. The transportability and extreme utility of the pack have great potential to prevent deaths caused by lack of access to transfusion, especially in the most rural communities without any consistent medical care available, reports Dr. Delaney. She and her team are currently operating clinical trials of the backpack in Kenya.
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