A battery of 26 items was used to assess blood donors’ perceptions on donor eligibility, blood testing, and notification procedures. An analysis of these items from a mail survey of 392 California blood donors result...
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There is no substitute for human blood and the demand for blood to use in modern surgical procedures is increasing significantly faster than population. Numerous management science researchers have recognized the need...
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There is no substitute for human blood and the demand for blood to use in modern surgical procedures is increasing significantly faster than population. Numerous management science researchers have recognized the need to improve the management of the blood resource. This paper is the first effort directed towards annual planning of the operation of a regional blood system. One main point of the paper is that no matter how well inventory is controlled on a day to day basis, the blood administrator must have an annual plan to attain the goals of a blood service organization. The model formulated in this study can help a regional blood administrator determine the magnitude of the blood collection effort and the size of the regional blood inventory. The decision method developed is based on multiple-objective techniques and is especially relevant to health care delivery problems. An example of the procedure is then applied to a large urban-rural blood region located in the eastern United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Operations Research techniques in the recruitment, collection, inventory planning and distribution of human blood in a regional blood service system (a blood bank supplying blood to a large geographical area) are disc...
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Operations Research techniques in the recruitment, collection, inventory planning and distribution of human blood in a regional blood service system (a blood bank supplying blood to a large geographical area) are discussed. Technological advances in the preservation and utilization of human blood and its components have been receiving considerable attention in blood banking literature. The demand these new developments place on management have only received scarce attention. A variety of O.R. techniques have already been adopted to assist in the management of regional blood banking. This paper reports on these applied techniques.
A solution for preserving red blood cells (adenine) will make it possible to extend the life of blood from 21 to 35 days. Adenine supplementation may bring dramatic changes in blood outdating and the supply of blood t...
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A solution for preserving red blood cells (adenine) will make it possible to extend the life of blood from 21 to 35 days. Adenine supplementation may bring dramatic changes in blood outdating and the supply of blood to hospital blood banks. Substantial improvements, however, can be realized only if blood administrators are able to estimate the potential effects of adenine supplementation and set goals based on these projections. Appropriate action could then be taken to reduce blood collection and increase the supply of blood to hospitals. This paper offers a method for blood administrators to estimate the full effects of adenine supplementation and set reasonably attainable goals. Experiences with setting goals for a midwestern U.S. blood region are then discussed.
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