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Model for blood collections management.

Harshal Lowalekar¹, N Ravichandran

¹Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques Area, Indian Institute of Management Indore, M.P., India. harshal@iimidr.ac.in

|December 7, 2010

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Implementing cutoff levels for blood collection can reduce waste and control costs. This strategy is more effective than collecting all available blood, leading to better blood bank management.

Area of Science:

Operations research in healthcare
Blood banking logistics
Healthcare management

Background:

Blood banks rely heavily on donations from organized blood donation camps.
The volume of blood collected during donation drives is unpredictable, leading to potential overcollection and wastage.
Current practices often involve collecting all available blood supply without a defined limit.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and evaluate new cutoff level policies for blood collection.
To compare the performance of cutoff policies against the prevalent unrestricted collection policy.
To analyze the impact of different collection strategies on shortages, wastage, and total costs.

Main Methods:

Development of a simulation model for blood collection processes.

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Introduction of two novel cutoff level policies for managing blood supply.

Comparative analysis of cutoff policies versus an unrestricted collection policy using the simulation model.

Main Results:

Simulation results indicate that cutoff level policies are superior to unrestricted collection in managing total costs.
Cutoff policies effectively reduce blood wastage within the system.
The chosen policies maintain acceptable levels of blood shortages while minimizing waste.

Conclusions:

Cutoff level policies offer a significant advantage over unrestricted collection in optimizing blood bank operations.
Implementing cutoff levels is a viable strategy for reducing wastage and controlling costs in blood banking.
These policies contribute to a more efficient and cost-effective blood supply chain.