Investigation and Development of a Data Acquisition System for Blood Bank

Abstract

Blood is a vital fluid where required for saving human’s life. Blood is stored in a blood bank which is a bank of blood components, gathered as a result of blood donations that are responsible for collecting, storing and preserved for the use of medical purpose. Investigation of the existing blood collection and tracking system is essential to efficiently manage, control and monitor on all aspect of a blood bank. A comprehensive data acquisition system from collection location to a cloud-based system enables a paperless system with minimum human intervention to oversee the entire collection to dispatch process in a blood bank. A research has been made that most blood banks practicing stand-alone which may contribute to wastage of donated blood. For that matter, this collected data system allows connectivity between the blood banks to effectively conduct and systematically manage their daily activities within one integrated system. This application helps blood donation center receives the registered donated blood from any hospitals easily as it records the donated blood information in cloud immediately.