Blood bank inventory management in India

Lowalekar, Harshal; Ravichandran, N.

doi:10.1007/s12597-013-0148-z

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“…Various collection approaches are evaluated by a simulation model proposed by Lowalekar and Ravichandran [34] . Both fixed and variable quantities collected by the collection policies and the donation times are assumed in the proposed study.…”

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A novel capacity sharing mechanism to collaborative activities in the blood collection process during the COVID-19 outbreak

Samani

Hosseini‐Motlagh

2021

Applied Soft Computing

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Because of government intervention, such as quarantine and cancellation of public events at the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak and donors’ health scare of exposure to the virus in medical centers, the number of blood donors has considerably decreased. In some countries, the rate of blood donation has reached lower than 30%. Accordingly, in this study, to fill the lack of blood product during COVID-19, especially at the outbreak’s peak, we propose a novel mechanism by providing a two-stage optimization tool for coordinating activities to mitigate the shortage in this urgent situation. In the first stage, a blood collection plan considering disruption risk in supply to minimize the unmet demand will be solved. Afterward, in the second stage, the collected units will be shared between regions by applying the capacity sharing concept to avoid the blood shortage in health centers. Moreover, to tackle the uncertainty and disruption risk, a novel stochastic model combining the mixed uncertainty approach is tailored. A rolling horizon planning method is implemented under an iterative procedure to provide and share the limited blood resources to solve the proposed model A real-world case study of Iran is investigated to examine the applicability and performance of the proposed model; it should be noted that the designed mechanism is not confined just to this case. Obtained computational results indicate the applicability of the model, the superior performance of the capacity sharing concept, and the effectiveness of the designed mechanism for mitigating the shortage and wastage during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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A novel capacity sharing mechanism to collaborative activities in the blood collection process during the COVID-19 outbreak

Samani

Hosseini‐Motlagh

2021

Applied Soft Computing

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“…Lowalekar and Ravichandran, They reviewed the existing web-based information system for blood banks, shows the comparison of various system and provides ideas to help improve the system 7. They also studied the current blood banks system and identified problems that are peculiar to Indian blood banks.…”

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<p>An Android based blood bank information retrieval system</p>

Kayode¹,

Adeniyi²,

Ogundokun³

et al. 2019

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Background: Blood Bank record keeping has been carried out manually over the past decades using paper file management system which is slow for information retrieval and processing and also prone to errors in an emergency situation. Materials and methods: This research work solves the above-mentioned problem with the development of both web-based and Android-based blood bank information retrieval system. The web application is used by various blood banks system administrators to update their available blood inventory information and the mobile application which has the mobile search engine is used to search for blood supplies from the registered blood banks. Results and conclusion: The system also has a feature that allows registered blood banks to send a notification to registered blood donors on the application requesting for blood donation.

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“…Woodfield et al give the history and development of the International Society of Blood Transfusion rare blood program. Examples can also be found in the literature describing programs in the United States, Canada, Belgium, China, and a host of other jurisdictions …”

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Modeling rare blood in Canada

Blake

Clarke

2018

Transfusion

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BACKGROUND Many countries maintain rare blood programs to provide access to blood for patients with complex serologies. These include a process to screen donors and a registry to record information about rare donors; blood agencies may also freeze some units. However, frozen blood is much more expensive than liquid blood. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS. A two‐phase approach to analysis was used to evaluate how rare a blood type must be before a frozen inventory is necessary and what screening rates are required to support a rare blood program. A simulation model was employed to evaluate the impact of inventory on patient access. RESULTS Results suggested that, for 27 of 29 phenotypes managed by Canadian Blood Services, insufficient donors had been identified to ensure a stable inventory. Analytic results showed the screening rate necessary to ensure a stable inventory and the time frame to build a rare donor base. Twenty‐nine simulation scenarios were executed to evaluate patient access to rare blood against inventory levels. Results show that some amount of frozen inventory is necessary for phenotypes rarer than 1 in 3000. However, holding more than two units apiece of O−, O+, A−, and A+ did not improve patient access. CONCLUSION While some level of frozen blood is needed for rare blood, large inventories do not improve access. Modest amounts of frozen inventory, combined with increased door screening, provides the greatest chance of maximizing patient access.

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Blood bank inventory management in India

Cited by 35 publications

References 68 publications

A novel capacity sharing mechanism to collaborative activities in the blood collection process during the COVID-19 outbreak

A novel capacity sharing mechanism to collaborative activities in the blood collection process during the COVID-19 outbreak

<p>An Android based blood bank information retrieval system</p>

Modeling rare blood in Canada

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