Automation/computerization in donor sessions

Automation and computerization are steadily being introduced into donor session procedures, the prime objective being to improve the quality and safety of the donation process. This progress can be reviewed from two aspects, that relating to the donor, and that relating to the donation. While permanent donation sites can maintain an appropriate layout, suitable equipment, permanent data and power cabling, and direct links to the relevant Information Systems, this is much harder to achieve for mobile blood collection teams. Hall-based and "bloodmobile" mobile collection teams are responsible for the vast majority of blood donations taken in the U.K., and require different technical solutions. It is in this area that most recent developments have taken place.