SYNOPSIS

BLOOD BANK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Submitted by

Debadarsi Das
Roll No:-1405008885

MBA (Master in Business Administration)

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)

1. Executive Summary
1.1

Title of the Project

Blood Bank Management System

1.2

Project Objective
To develop a blood bank management system to
facilitate the co-ordination between supply and demand
of blood. This system makes conveniently available
good quality, safe blood and other blood components,
which can be provided in a sound, ethical and
acceptable manner, consistent with the long-term
wellbeing of the community. It actively encourage
voluntary blood donation, motivate and maintain a wellindexed record of blood donors and educate the
community on the benefits of blood donation. This will
also serve as the site for interaction of best practices in
reducing unnecessary utilization of blood and help the
state work more efficiently towards self-sufficiency in
blood.
Blood Bank Management System, this system
bridges the gap between the demand and supply of
blood. This portal aims to bring blood donors and
recipients under a common on-line platform. Donors
can register themselves on the site after going through
the basic requirements for donating blood. This portal
also has useful information regarding blood donation
such as scientific information, tips and facts.

2. The Problem
2.1 Problem statement

Every year our nation requires about 4 Crore units of

blood, out of which only a meager 5 Lakh units of blood
are available. It is not that, people do not want to
donate blood. Often they are unaware of the need and
also they do not have a proper facility to enquire about

it. As a result, needy people end up going through a lot

of pain. India has many blood banks, all-functioning in a
decentralized fashion. In the current system, individual
hospitals have their own blood banks and there is no
interaction between blood banks. The management is
ad-hoc with no semblance of organization or standard
operating procedures. Donors cannot access blood from
blood banks other than the bank where they have
donated blood.

2.2

Present System
All the blood banks are attached to hospitals and
there is no stand-alone blood bank. As each hospital
has its own systems and limitations, the co-ordination
between the blood banks is practically impossible.
Because of low number of donors and more number of
blood banks, the efficiency and quality of blood banks
are low, resulting in wastage of blood and blood
components. The challenges in the present system are:
i.
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iii.

2.3

Some of the hospitals are having individual

blood banks
Some of the hospitals are not having blood
banks
Donors do not have any record of their
donations or information related to their blood
diseases

Proposed System
An efficient blood bank management system should
be developed, with the aim of ensuring that every
patient has access to an adequate quantity of safe
blood in a centralized manner. The management
system should solve the issue of demand and wastage
and lead to self-sufficiency in blood requirement. This
should encourage new donors and retain old donors to
donate blood.

3. Our Approach to solve the problem

Donors in
Community

Blood Banks

Community Blood Bank

Hospitals

Donors

The approach to the current problem will have to

consider the issues related to blood banks and donors.
Management System for all the activities
1. Donors can register and will get a membership
card
2. Status of blood available in the community blood
bank can be viewed

3. Provides tips and information on blood donation

Database for donors, blood banks-health care
providers
Database for the supply and demand of blood
and blood components
Security
Confidentiality
Service based access to blood donors, doctors,
lab technicians

4. Project Deliverables
i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

To establish an autonomous community blood

banking system with the active participation of
non-remunerated voluntary blood donors,
registered as a society.
To establish a community blood bank (CBB)
that will function as blood storage unit,
component separation unit and transfusion
services co-ordination center according to the
national quality standards.
To develop a computerized supply chain
management and distribution system (DS) to
collect and distribute blood from the CBB to the
hospitals.
To develop a web based blood services portal
for awareness generation and facilitate coordination

5. References

a. Lions
Blood
Bank
and
Research
Foundation,
http://www.lionsbloodbank.net/
b. Bharat Blood Bank, http://www.bharatbloodbank.com
c. Jeevan Blood Bank, http://www.jeevan.org/11