Blood Stock Research Articles

Defining blood deserts and access to blood products for 660 million people: a geospatial analysis of eight states in Northern India

IntroductionBlood transfusion is crucial, but low-income and middle-income countries like India face a severe shortage of banked blood. This study focuses on the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states in India,...

The Relationship between the Level of Satisfaction of Blood Delivery Workers with Five Dimensions of Service Quality at UDD PMI Bekasi Regency in 2023

(1) Hospital Blood Bank (BDRS) is one of the health service facilities to meet the needs of blood transfusions of patients but does not rule out the possibility that blood stocks in BDRS are not available so they require assistance from the Indonesian Red Cross Blood Donor Unit (UDD PMI) in meeting the blood needs of patients. UDD PMI Bekasi Regency is carried out almost every time, regardless of the time and weather at that time. Blood collection is usually done by special officers from the hospital. This officer is what connects the chain of blood requests BDRS to UDD PMI Bekasi Regency, where later the officer will carry out blood retention and memory. (2) This research aims to determine the level of ability to use five dimensions quality services to have reliability, response, empathy, and blood transmission in UDD PMI District Bekasii. (3) Methodology This study by distributing questionnaires to 52 blood delivery officer respondents, data processing using data analysis of satisfaction index and ordinal logistic regression, namely simultaneous tests, partial tests, and model conformity tests (Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-fit Test). (4) The results of this study show that the level of satisfaction of blood delivery officers is based on five dimensions of satisfaction with UDD PMI district services. Bekasi has very satisfactory criteria.

Kegiatan Donor Darah di Lingkungan KPP Pratama Kabanjahe Bekerjsama dengan Unit Donor Darah PMI Kabupaten Karo

Blood donation activities are carried out to maintain the stability of the blood stock of the Karo Regency PMI. Blood donation activities are carried out on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 starting at 09.00 WIB at the Kabanjahe Pratama KPP. The blood donation service activity was attended by a total of 14 participants. From the results of the implementation of the activity, 13 blood bags have been collected. Based on interviews with the participants, their motivation to donate blood is because of a sense of humanity for people in need, to maintain their health, invitations from friends, and some are interested because of the gifts offered at the end of the event. The implementation of this blood donation activity as a form of community service has been carried out well and has received a good response from the participants. Socialization is also needed so that the number of blood donors increases and more people are willing to become blood donors.

Human Service Organization (HSO) Study of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in Health and Community Welfare Services in Bandung City

This research is motivated by the importance of the HSO's task in improving social welfare efforts or providing social welfare services to individuals, groups, families and communities who experience social problems or as a "Human Service Organization". To bring about changes in attitudes and behavior and improve the community's ability to be able to solve the problems they face and carry out their social functions appropriately. Social organizations have various functions. As for the function of social organizations, especially in order to help the government or participate in carrying out management functions, this can be because social service organizations currently still tend to focus on charity and are not based on profit (non-profit oriented). This situation allows for quite a large influence in the service process to the community. Therefore, the existence and functioning of PMI will continue to be developed through good organizational management so that it can reach more people and be sustainable. Compiled from various research that has been carried out previously, the problems at PMI include the availability of a digital information system that can provide real-time data on blood needs and availability, human resources managing financial reports, reduced regeneration of PMI volunteers, team organization or governance. management, availability of blood stock and blood quality at certain moments, and limited donors who finance the PMI program (Dewi et al., 2022; Hernimawati et al., 2020; Khoiri et al., 2021; Lendryono, 2022; Rakhman et al., 2019) This research will describe how HSO management practices and collaboration practices exist at PMI Bandung City in Health and Community Welfare Services.This research is motivated by the importance of the HSO's task in improving social welfare efforts or providing social welfare services to individuals, groups, families and communities who experience social problems or as a "Human Service Organization". To bring about changes in attitudes and behavior and improve the community's ability to be able to solve the problems they face and carry out their social functions appropriately. Social organizations have various functions. As for the function of social organizations, especially in order to help the government or participate in carrying out management functions, this can be because social service organizations currently still tend to focus on charity and are not based on profit (non-profit oriented). This situation allows for quite a large influence in the service process to the community. Therefore, the existence and functioning of PMI will continue to be developed through good organizational management so that it can reach more people and be sustainable. Compiled from various research that has been carried out previously, the problems at PMI include the availability of a digital information system that can provide real-time data on blood needs and availability, human resources managing financial reports, reduced regeneration of PMI volunteers, team organization or governance. management, availability of blood stock and blood quality at certain moments, and limited donors who finance the PMI program (Dewi et al., 2022; Hernimawati et al., 2020; Khoiri et al., 2021; Lendryono, 2022; Rakhman et al., 2019) This research will describe how HSO management practices and collaboration practices exist at PMI Bandung City in Health and Community Welfare Services.

Persepsi Mahasiswa Terhadap Penerapan Teknologi Di Era Digitalisasi Pada Aplikasi AyoDonor

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is facing a significant shortage of blood stocks. As a solution, the Ayodonor app was launched to increase the participation of blood donors, especially among students. The study aims to understand students' perceptions and interests in the application of Ayodonor in the era of digitalization. The method used is quantitative research with a Likert scale survey. Data was collected from 50 students through a questionnaire consisting of 15 questions. The results show that many students feel the Ayodonor application is easy to use to find information about the location of nearest blood donors, blood stocks, and routine blood donor schedules.

Sociodemographic Profile of Blood Donations and Ways to Encourage Them.

Maintaining blood stocks in Brazil faces challenges; hence, it is crucial to develop effective strategies to recruit and retain donors, such as campaigns and social marketing programs to raise awareness, but there is a lack of studies about the donators' profiles, as well as their barriers or incentives. The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of donors and the factors that influence their decisions. This was a cross-sectional study carried out between April and November 2022 using a structured questionnaire sent through a community created on Facebook, addressing common people over 18 years old, containing closed questions, supported byGoogle Forms.Statistical analyses were carried out usingIBMSPSSStatistics for Windows, Version 17 (Released 2008; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States) and the Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests, with p < 0.05. The sample relied on 1019 participants, women (72.8%), age group > 30 years (81.1%), the most represented blood type was O positive (37.5%), and men donated more frequently than women (76.5% vs. 40.6%). The main reasons for not donating are medical conditions (39.7%) and lack of time (33.8%). The main reasons for donating are helping voluntarily (97.6%) and donating to family/friends (96.4%). There was a significant difference between the genders of blood donors, with more men donating, especially those over 30 years old, and with income between 1-8 minimum wages. The main barriers to donating are lackof time and information. Based on this, it is possible to target campaigns at women, young people, and people with income above nine minimum wages. The main reasons for donating are altruism, obtaining test results, and financial benefits.

Opportunities to improve feedback to reduce blood component wastage: Results of a national scheme evaluation.

Blood components are costly and scarce. The Blood Stocks Management Scheme (BSMS) was established in the United Kingdom (UK) to support hospital transfusion services and national blood services through collection, analysis, and monthly feedback of data on blood component inventory and wastage management. There is a growing evidence base on how best to deliver feedback for quality improvement. We assessed the quality and utility of the monthly BSMS component reports. We assessed the content of BSMS reports issued in March 2023 against established criteria for effective feedback. Two researchers independently rated whether criteria spanning the five domains of goal setting, data collection, feedback content, feedback display and feedback delivery were fully, partially or not met. Disagreements were resolved through discussion. We conducted an online questionnaire survey of recipients of BSMS reports during March 2023 to assess their use of reports and seek suggestions for improvement. Five out of 20 criteria for effective feedback were fully met. Areas for improvement included placing more emphasis in the feedback on positive change, linking data and summary messages, and including specific suggestions for action. Respondents highlighted the value of benchmarked comparisons with other hospital transfusion services. There is scope for enhancing the effectiveness and utility of BSMS feedback reports and hence reducing wastage of blood components. This methodology for evaluation of feedback could be utilized to improve other areas of transfusion practice.

Forecasting demands of blood components based on prediction models

BackgroundAn adequate blood supply is an important guarantee for saving lives and protecting health. In order to manage the blood supply more effectively when the condition of demand and supply are uncertainty, it is very important to forecast the demands of blood resources. Materials and methodsSARIMAX model and LSTM model were integrated into the prediction system of blood station. The collection and supply data of blood components was directly imported into the forecasting models to achieve automatic data update and model update. The forecasting daily demands of apheresis platelets, washing red blood cells (RBCs), suspended RBCs and plasma were recorded from January to June 2023 and compared with real data. ResultsThe prediction models had good forecasting performances. In the goodness of fit results of apheresis platelet model, the maximum value of coefficient of determination (R2) could reach 87.6%, and the minimum value of the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) was only 0.0037. The predicted data of washing RBCs could be basically fitted, and the MAPE was 0.0121. For the prediction of suspended RBCs, the R2 was greater than 66%, and the MAPE could be 0.0372. The plasma model generated very high goodness of fit results, with R2 of over 90% and the lowest MAPE of 0.0394. ConclusionThe forecasting models, which predicts future demands of different blood components based on historical data, can help managers to overcome the challenges of blood stock control more effectively, thereby reducing blood waste and blood shortages.

Kegiatan Donor Darah Di Restoran Ayam Penyet Cindelaras Berastagi Bekerjsama Dengan PMI Kabupaten Karo

Blood donation activities are carried out to maintain the stability of the blood stock of PMI Karo Regency. The blood donation activity will be held on Sunday, November 16 2023 starting at 09.30 WIB at the Ayam Penyet Cindelaras Berastagi Restaurant. The blood donation service activity was attended by a total of 20 participants. From the results of the activity, 14 bags of blood were collected. Based on interviews with the participants, their motivation for donating blood was due to a sense of humanity for people in need, to maintain their own health, invitations from friends, and some were interested because of the gifts offered at the end of the event. The implementation of this blood donation activity as part of community service has been carried out well and received a good response from the participants. More outreach is needed so that the number of blood donors increases and more people are willing to become blood donors.

Optimizing the Blood Donation App with Gamification Using User-Centered Design

In today's digital era, motivating the younger generation to participate in routine voluntary blood donations is a significant challenge in the health sector. This research aimed to develop a gamified application called Gamified Blood Donation (G-BlooD), designed using the User Centered Design methodology. This application integrates gamification into the blood donation process, with features including donor location information, available blood stock data, and individual donation history. Using gamification elements such as challenges, ranking boards, and emblems enhanced user interactivity and motivation. Evaluation of G-BlooD demonstrated its effectiveness in achieving this goal; it scored 75 (Grade B) on the System Usability Scale (SUS), indicating good usability, while an average total index calculation from all responses on the Likert scale of 84.125% underscored its success in motivating younger generations towards regular blood donations. These results suggest combining digital technology with gamification can encourage recurring voluntary blood donation among younger generations. This research opens avenues for further exploration into leveraging digital technology to address other public health concerns.

PERANCANGAN SISTEM PREDIKSI KEBUTUHAN STOK DARAH BAGI ORGANISASI NON PROFIT MENGGUNAKAN METODE FUZZY MAMDANI

A non-profit organization is a nonprofit organization formed with the aim of providing assistance, and it does not seek profit in its activities. In addition to organizing blood donation campaigns, non-profit organizations often help hospitals in need of blood by providing the necessary blood supply through the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI). However, the problem faced is that the availability of blood stock is often depleted during urgent situations, resulting in the inability to fulfill the hospitals' blood requests. Therefore, as a solution to address the challenges faced by non-profit organizations, the development of an information system for predicting blood stock requirements is necessary to determine whether there is a need to replenish the blood stock in the following months. In this research, the developed blood stock prediction system implements the Fuzzy Mamdani method. The research results indicate that the Fuzzy Mamdani method, in predicting blood stock requirements, has achieved a satisfactory level of accuracy. Although a limited number of rules, specifically 24 rules, were processed, this method was able to provide predictions that closely approximated the actual requirements. However, it should be noted that the accuracy level can be further improved by adding more comprehensive rules and using a wider dataset.

Forecasting Blood Demand Using the Support Vektor Regression Method (Case Study: Blood Transfusion Unit-PMI Central Lombok)

Blood is an important component produced by the human body. Blood is also a very vital part of human survival. When blood levels in the human body are less than they should be, the way to overcome this is by donating blood or blood transfusion. The health facilities that organize blood donations, provide blood and distribute blood are called Blood Transfusion Units (UTD). UTD in carrying out its duties encountered several obstacles, such as blood only having a shelf life of 35 days from donation. If it has passed the expiration date, it cannot be used anymore for blood transfusions. Meanwhile, regarding the demand for blood, the need for blood is greater than those donating. Making it difficult for UTD if the demand occurs when the existing blood stock is not sufficient. And if the stock in UTD experiences an axcess, it can cause losses because the blood is wasted due to expiration. Apart form that. The problem is that in everyday life, many people’s need for blood is reduced. Many of their families intervened directly to find available donors. They even search on social networks or social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and others. And this shows that many of them lack donors. To anticipate these problems. So it is necessary to carry out research on forecasting blood demand using the Support Vektor Regression method at UTD PMI Central Lombok. The aim of this research is to forecast or predict the demand for blood at UTD PMI Central Lombok in the coming period. To reduce the impact of lack or excess blood. SVR is the application of Support Vektor Machine (SVM) in the case of regression to find the best dividing line in the regression function. The advantage of the SVR model is that it can handle overfiting problems in the data. The tests used to measure the best model are Mean Squared Error (MSE), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) and Coefficient of Determination (R2). The results of this research shows that the best model is Support Vektor Regression (SVR) with a polynomial kernel and based on the tuning results, the parameters used are C=10, degree=1, epsilon=1. The SVR model using a polynomial kernel produces a MAPE value of 18.7502% and RMSE value of 0.6919, which means the model has very good predictive ability. Prediction accuracy was achieved with an R2 value of 0.9936 or 99.36% and an MSE value of 0.4787, which means that the prediction of blood demand data at UTD PMI Central Lombok using SVR with a polynomial kernel function had very good prediction accuracy. With predicted result in january for blood type A it was 1654, B was 920, O was 2205 and AB was 1104

The impact of COVID-19 of blood donations and blood components usage in Ceará, Brazil

Abstract With increase cases of Coronavirus disease in Brazil and the virus propagation around the world, several health sectors were negatively affected, including hemotherapy services and generating a decrease in blood donation. In this study, we gathered information about total blood donations and usage during COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Ceará, located in the northeast side of Brazil. More specifically data from donations between April 2020 and September 2021 and compared with data gathered from donations of pre-pandemic period. During the period, the state of Ceará received 181.362 candidates for blood donation. Of these, 80.16% were eligible for donation and 19.84% unfit. The number of candidates decreased by 16.72% in 2020 and 5.10% in 2021 in comparison to the same periods in 2018. The main causes of inability for candidates during the pandemic period were low hematocrit/hemoglobin, occasional sexual intercourse in the last 12 months and suspicion or confirmation of COVID in the last 10 days. However, the increasing number of critically ill hospitalized COVID patients increased the blood supply, as transfusions increased by 1.03% in 2020 and 7.96% in 2021, showing a higher demand in RBC, platelets, FFP and CRYO. The pandemic had a significant impact on national blood stocks, causing a change in donation behavior and causing a concern to maintain an adequate blood supply during this crisis. Despite the situation, the stock of blood components in HEMOCE met the Ceará blood demand in the hospitals.

Application of Open Street Maps Technology for Android-Based Blood Donation Applications

Blood donation is a person's voluntary giving of blood for the purpose and purpose of blood transfusion for other people in need. These activities must be carried out by parties who are authorized and competent in their fields so that they can run and bring the expected benefits. PMI Kampar Regency through the Blood Donation Unit (UDD) in carrying out blood donation activities still uses traditional systems so it is less effective and efficient. Many people find it difficult to get information about blood donation schedules, donor data and also the latest blood stock. Based on these problems, a Blood Donation Application with Android-based Open Street Maps technology is needed. This research uses the Waterfall method by analyzing needs, designing the system, installing, testing and ending with operation. In collecting data, the author also conducted field observations, interviews and literature studies from various supporting books and previous research. This application was built based on Android using the Java programming language and MySQL database as data storage. This application must use GPS (Global Positioning System) to track the coordinates of the user's location

Optimizing the Hospital Blood Bank Stock in Korea: A Comparative Analysis of the Uniform 5-Day Stock Index and a Novel Blood Stock Index.

Maintaining optimal blood inventory levels in hospitals is important to prevent blood shortage and wastage. We aimed to provide an efficient blood inventory management strategy for hospital blood banks nation-wide by comparing the current use of 5-day issuable stock (IS) with Lim's IS as a novel target IS. The average and CV of daily usage (DU) were calculated from information entered into Korea's Blood Management System by 194 participating hospitals in 2019 and 2020. Using these data, Lim's IS was calculated by determining the simulated annual average blood shortage day nearest to 1 for each blood group in each hospital. The 5-day IS (5IS) was estimated by multiplying the average DU in 2018 by five to count the shortage days in 2019. The average DU (0.3-231.3 units) and corresponding CV (0.33-7.14) in the participating hospitals were inversely proportional (r=-0.699 to -0.695). The hypothetical averages of 5IS and Lim's IS were 27.0±41.2 and 24.7±20.8, respectively (P=0.006). The shortage days for 5IS and Lim's IS were 8.9±22.7 and 1.0±1.9, respectively (P<0.001). While 5IS was unacceptable for universal application, Lim's IS remained near one shortage day and is considered more efficient than 5IS. Hospitals should implement indicators that consider DU and its variations. This is the first study to introduce Lim's IS as an indicator of optimal blood inventory, and the data are expected to provide guidance for effective blood inventory management nationwide, particularly during blood shortages.

Designing an optimal model of blood logistics management with the possibility of return in the three-level blood transfusion network

BackgroundInventory managers in the blood supply chain always endeavor to provide their clients with prompt and appropriate responses. On the other hand, timely and regular blood deliveries to consumers are essential since ineffective delivery and transportation practices promote shortages, returns, blood loss. The paper attempted to develop an extensive and integrated optimal model of blood transfusion network logistics management by blood type to reduce the cost of losses, returns, and blood shortages given the relevance of this for the blood transfusion network.MethodsThe regional blood transfusion network in Khorasan Razavi, which contains one main base, six central bases, and 54 hospitals, should be constructed using the optimal model for blood inventory management and distribution. A reusable simulation process was used to identify the optimal behavior for the inventory of all participants in the region (central bases as suppliers and hospitals as consumers), and the demand of hospitals as consumers has been calculated using artificial neural networks. This will lead to a significant reduction of returned blood units by consumers, optimal management of suppliers’ and consumers’ inventory to prevent waste and shortages. The routing method was used to proceed with the designed model and look into the optimal strategy to distribute blood requested by the consumers. with the aim of reducing the cost and increasing the speed of transportation.ResultsThe model’s solution allowed for the estimation of the amount of consumers’ demand, the optimal amount of target stock, the central bases and hospitals’ reorder points, as well as the method of distributing blood from the supplier to its consumers. Implementing the model leads to outcomes such as reducing the time of blood transfer from the central bases to their consumers, increasing the speed of blood delivery to the consumers, increasing the average stock of blood in the central bases, reducing the accumulation of distribution machines at the location of the central bases, the amount of stock, the method for requesting, consuming, and storing blood, and the performance of the central bases’ consumers all affect how much control they have over them.

Pentingnya Pengetahuan Tentang Donor Darah Terhadap Kesadaran Perilaku Masyrakat

The availability of blood is needed as an effort to cure disease and restore health. Efforts to provide blood are carried out through blood donations, namely the process of taking blood from someone voluntarily to be stored in a blood bank as blood stock and then used for blood transfusions. Blood donation services are only carried out by health workers who have the competence and ability and are only carried out in health facilities that meet the requirements. This is necessary to prevent various risks that can arise, such as disease transmission.

APPLICATION UTILISATION OF API AND B-SHARE APPLICATION FOR PROVIDING BLOOD AVAILABILITY INFORMATION

lack of information about the availability of blood to be a problem that is not uncommon in the daily life, there are many medical cases that require blood transfusion procedure. Practically, the hospital will entrust the patient’s family to find blood bags with the required blood type. Families with little knowledge about where to find blood will encounter confusing situations. Whereas they have to find it fast. if a blood transfusion is done too late, then even death may occur, because of this, it is expected that the existence of a public service that can provide information quickly and accurately blood that can be utilized by the community. In the development of the technology of internet this day it could be used to increase the public service and fulfill the needed of information, especially for the government who hasn’t provided the information about blood availability location based on geolocation that should be easily accessed by all people. Because information about the availability of blood is very important information to be known to the community as of the Information needed so we would develop the geographical information system to search the location of PMI and hospitals having the blood supply. The chosen method for this program is Requirement Analysis, Conceptual Modeling, Implementation, and testing. This method is the one of development method of software engineering so that produced an application that could solve the problem by providing a software that integrates blood stock information across PMI and hospitals branches in all over Indonesia. This information system integrates blood stock information across PMI branchesandhospitals all over Indonesia, providing access to real time blood stock updates to people, providing information about PMI branchesandhospitals locations across Indonesia in the shape of a map complete with the contact number

Maximum Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule in Common Pediatric Cardiac Surgeries in a Tertiary Center.

Unnecessary pre-operative ordering of red blood cells (RBCs) in elective surgeries increases costs and waste of blood inventory. Maximum surgical blood order schedule (MSBOS) is a helpful strategy in the estimation of blood units needed for surgery and the prevention of overconsumption. In this study, an MSBOS for pediatric cardiac surgeries is designed. In this cross-sectional study, we included all pediatric patients who underwent elective cardiac surgery in Children's Medical Center in Tehran, Iran, from March 21, 2019, to September 22, 2019. Data consisted of the type of surgery and the number of blood units transfused and units cross-matched, based on which cross-match to transfusion ratio (CTR), the transfusion index (TI), and transfusion probability (T%) were calculated. Overall 205 pediatric patients were included in the study. Four hundred and ten RBCs units were cross-matched, and 262 were transfused. The overall results of the CTR, T%, and TI for all the eight types of cardiac surgery were 1.56 (410/262), 76% (157/205), and 1.28 (262/205), respectively. The raw MSBOS for cardiac surgeries included ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of fallot, dextro-transposition of the great arteries, atrial septal defect, aortic coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary stenosis, and pacemaker insertion, which were 1.58, 1.03, 1.54, 1.66, 0.77, 0, 1.25, and 0 unit, respectively, and the figures were rounded up. Accurate MSBOS protocols reduce cross-match workload in laboratories, lead to the appropriate use of blood stocks with less wastage, save human and economic resources, and eventually, promote patient safety.

Kegiatan Donor Darah Di Kecamatan Lau Cimba Bekerjsama Dengan PMI Kabupaten Karo

Blood donation activities are carried out to maintain the stability of PMI blood stock in Karo Regency. The blood donation activity was held on Friday, July 28 2023 at the GBKP Kabanjahe Kota Hall, Lau Cimban District. The blood donation service activity was attended by a total of 21 participants. From the results of the implementation of the activity, 21 blood bags have been collected. Based on interviews with the participants, their motivation to donate blood was due to a sense of humanity for people in need, to maintain their own health, invitations from friends, and some were interested because of the gifts offered at the end of the event. The implementation of blood donation activities in Lau Cimba District, Karo Regency as one of the community services has been carried out well and received a good response from the participants. More is needed for socialization so that the number of blood donors increases and more people are willing to become blood donors.