The University of New Mexico saves over $8,000 per month in RBC waste by switching to the HemoRoam mobile, battery-powered refrigerator on wheels.
By educating OR staff and adding a Refrigerator On Wheels (ROW) to the equipment for holding RBCs in the high-RBC using OR cases:
- RBC wastage decreased by 66%.
- Reduction of RBC acquisition cost by $92,202.
- No RBCs issued in the ROW were wasted.
- ROW purchase was less than $8,000, giving an almost immediate return on investment.
- Based on these results, we expanded our ROW inventory by two more ROWs as well as purchasing new coolers
- Continuous monitoring of wastage is an important part of inventory management.
Click here for the poster ROW Poster 10042016 v3
