The Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Selects Sparta Systems, Inc.'s TrackWise Software as its Quality Management System
Holmdel, NJ - March 12, 2007 – Sparta Systems, Inc., (Sparta) the maker of TrackWise® and the market leader in enterprise Quality and Compliance Management (QMS) software for the life sciences industries, today announced that the Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, a private, not-for-profit blood center, has selected TrackWise as its enterprise tool for managing quality requirements.
Blood centers are regulated by strict quality requirements to ensure the safety of our blood supply. Donor centers must follow quality regulations as required by American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"Sparta Systems' TrackWise software enables blood centers and manufacturers to attain compliance, improve quality and reduce costs by centralizing and integrating all quality processes, including management and reporting of biological product deviations (BPDs), customer complaints, internal and external audits, change control, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), training and employee qualifications, and document management," stated Bryan Koslow, Vice President, Sales and Business Development of Sparta Systems, Inc.
The initial TrackWise system implementation will include training management and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) management. TrackWise will enable Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties to electronically log any errors, manage related investigation tasks, and improve root cause analysis. The systems' automated workflow management capabilities control the process and improve timeliness of all CAPA plan development, approval, implementation, verification and effectiveness. The system's training and employee management capabilities will also help to reduce risk and increase employee productivity by improving management of center-wide training policies and requirements.
"The Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties evaluated TrackWise and walked away with an understanding that Sparta Systems will provide the tools for all areas of regulatory compliance without the need for separate modules." stated Bruce Edgar, Account Executive, for Sparta Systems. "The organization can implement Sparta's best practices pre-configured solution and leverage its industry experience without sacrificing the uniqueness of their organization. This means a lower cost of ownership compared to customized, modular solutions."
About the Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
The Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties is a private, not-for-profit blood center that has served more than 30 medical facilities since 1951. The organization operates five donor centers in San Bernardino, Riverside, Ontario, Upland and Hesperia, California, along with mobile blood drives held daily at local businesses, churches, government agencies and schools. For more information, visit http://www.bbsbrc.org.