Question: Unit expiration time and time zone display

[mhowell]

I'm curious how expiration time for units is displayed to users in different time zones. What is the philosophy behind this? 

If I have a thawed FFP that expires at 7/25/24 15:49 and my user is CST, would another user viewing this units information from EST see 16:49 or 15:49?

Are 23:59 expirations just assumed end of day and never change but units with explicit expirations treated differently?

 

[Ensis01]

Product date and time expiry is determined by the local time and location of manufacturer and displayed on the unit and in the computer system. Manufacturer's location is defined in the product DIN (Donation Identification Number).

I expect/hope that products getting close enough to expiry for different time zones to matter would not be shipped that far.  

[John C. Staley]

6 hours ago, Ensis01 said:

I expect/hope that products getting close enough to expiry for different time zones to matter would not be shipped that far.  

Keep in mind that in some locations the time zone could change almost across the street or just across the state line and I live 4 miles from the state line and only 60 miles from the nearest blood supplier for the local hospital.  Just something to consider when making broad sweeping statements.  When I was supervising a transfusion / donor service we shipped blood any where in the country that needed it if we had a surplus.  Time zones were never a consideration.

Edited November 27 by John C. Staley

[Ensis01]

8 hours ago, John C. Staley said:

Keep in mind that in some locations the time zone could change almost across the street or just across the state line and I live 4 miles from the state line and only 60 miles from the nearest blood supplier for the local hospital.  Just something to consider when making broad sweeping statements.  When I was supervising a transfusion / donor service we shipped blood any where in the country that needed it if we had a surplus.  Time zones were never a consideration.

Agreed, we also send blood all over the USA with no thought of time zones, however not when product is close to or day of expiry