Management of a community hospital blood bank : a descriptive model
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Authors
Brill, Edward A.
Thomas, Marlin Uluess
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Advisors
Date of Issue
1973
Date
1973
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The operational activities of a community hospital blood bank
are described at all levels with special attention given to the
inventory management of the bank. A distinguishing feature of this
blood bank is the use of a centrifuge-freezer system which, prior to
the ten day age limit, breaks down whole blood into its basic constituents,
and stores them for extended periods far exceeding the
normal twenty-one day shelf life of whole blood. The inventory
management policies thus include regulating the input of blood into
the bank, the transfer of blood from the refrigerator to the freezer
and the issuing policy of blood for various medical needs. Concomitant
to these problems is the problem of forecasting demand. In addition to
containing a descriptive model with all its complexity, this paper
includes discussion of a future simulation study which compares the
operational characteristics (shortage, wastage and cost) of the blood
bank with and without the freezer system.
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Technical Report
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NPS55ZG72122A
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.