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SATO Group to Showcase Advanced PJM RFID Solutions for Blood Management with Partners at ISBT 2025

SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd, a pioneer in the field of automatic identification solutions for hospitals and health care supply chains is proud to announce its participation in the 2025 International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Congress, held in Milan from May 31 to June 4, 2025. 

At Stand G48, the SATO Group will present its comprehensive PJM RFID Vein-to-Vein solutions, fully compliant with ISBT guidelines and ISO18000-3 Mode 2 standards. PJM RFID technology ensures complete traceability, significantly enhances operational efficiency, and reinforces patient safety across the entire blood management process. 

Precision across the entire blood journey 

SATO’s tailored solutions address every critical stage of blood management, optimising accuracy, compliance, and reliability: 

• Blood collection: Accurate and compliant PJM RFID tags and readers for efficient labelling of blood bags and tubes, also pairing with Vasini Strumenti’s   reliable mixers to trace blood donor tubes at the donation site. 

• Blood processing: Advanced PJM RFID-enabled solutions designed for seamless integration into blood processing workflows, enhancing accuracy and ensuring traceability during separation and centrifugation stages.  

• Blood components storage: PJM RFID enabled monitoring and storage solutions, including seamless retrofit of RFID antennas into any blood storage appliance (fridge, freezer, platelet agitator) without impacting the overall capacity of the storage unit. SATO also introduces Sentinel Eyes, an  intelligent system for remote management and the secure delivery of blood products, developed in collaboration with SATO partners GPI and B Medical Systems. Finally, SATO will showcase its Compact Antenna Solution (CAS) smart trays featuring plug and play antennas which fit in even the smallest storage appliances.  

• Blood components transportation: Accelerate blood components inventory management and enhance logistical efficiency, ensuring quick, accurate, and safe handling during transportation.  

• Blood quality management: Real-time monitoring systems to trace plasma bags and to automatically monitor the TOOF (Time-Out-Of-Freezer) for plasma fractionation industry as well as to promptly identify, isolate, and recall blood products that present quality issues or potential risks, safeguarding patient safety. 

• Blood transfusion: Robust portable printers, patient wristbands, and NFC readers from CipherLab  for bedside labelling, ensuring precise identification and enhancing bedside transfusion safety. 

Each component of SATO’s solution reflects our commitment to seamless integration, innovation, and strict adherence to the highest safety and quality standards. 

Experience the future of blood management 

Visitors to Stand G48 at ISBT 2025 will experience a compelling interactive simulation demonstrating how SATO's PJM RFID technology can increase the efficiency, reliability and safety in the blood journey 

“Along with its trusted partners, SATO’s PJM RFID solutions exemplify our dedication to innovation and strategic collaboration within the blood management community,” said Laurent Lassus, Managing Director of SATO Europe. “We look forward to engaging with healthcare professionals and industry leaders to illustrate how our technologies contribute to safer, more efficient blood transfusion practices.” 

Join us in Milan 

SATO warmly invites healthcare professionals, industry partners, and stakeholders to visit Stand G48 at ISBT 2025 for a first-hand demonstration of PJM RFID technologies driving the evolution of blood management worldwide. 

About SATO  

SATO (TOKYO:6287) designs and manufactures hardware, labels and tags and develops software to integrate with third party offerings as automatic identification solutions. These solutions streamline workflows, enabling data capture and visualization for a connected world of productivity, safety, reassurance and sustainability. By giving things a digital identity, SATO helps businesses in retail, manufacturing, food, health care and transport & logistics run smoothly. Founded in 1940, SATO has a presence in 26 countries with a workforce of over 5,900. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, it reported revenues of 154,807 million yen ($1.014 billion*)  

More information about SATO can be found at www.sato-global.com.  

*Based on an average exchange rate of 1 USD = 152.62 JPY