LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OLYMPUS UK today announced that the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford won the top prize out of 130 entries at the prestigious 2007 Government Computing Awards for Innovation 2007 and also the best project in the “Government to Citizen” award category. Both awards were presented for a new wireless system – the Olympus BloodTrackTM Suite – that uses handheld devices to identify and track blood transfusion units. Replacing traditional paper-based systems that are open to error, the system provides secure end-to-end electronic control of blood administration with the use of bar-coded wristbands, ensuring safer transfusions, cutting costs and freeing up staff time.
