23-05-2014, 03:26 PM
Blood Donor Systems: Challenges and Successes
ABSTRACT
The blood donation service involve a series of interdependent operations such as donor
registration, donor screening/evaluation, blood collection, blood screening, inventory
management and blood dissemination. Most of the popular existing blood information
systems in the western world today are mainly online systems. The systems interfaces do not
meet fully the blood safe policy described in this study and as such not suitable for illiterate
population. Most blood donors in Uganda are rural based where online systems may not be
the best. The level of computer literate among the blood donors in Uganda is growing
because the majority of them are school students. The main challenge remains customizing
interfaces that are suitable for capturing basic donor information. Some of the attributes on
the interfaces used in the western world such as state and province are not applicable in
Uganda. Tripura blood donor information system is a good example of the blood donor
system that is not suitable for Uganda.