Computerisation of blood bank services of a large hospital

A comprehensive computer aided management scheme for Blood Bank of a large hospital is presented. The hardware requirement and networking pattern are simple flexible and cost effective to suit any kind of needs. Details of the modular software program are discussed. The advantages of the modular program is its flexibility and expandability, to suit not only the needs of a Blood Bank but also the whims and fancies of the personnel working in it. The program is completely portable and operates in an MS DOS environment on a IBM or compatible machine. The solutions are simple and cost-effective, a feature of particular importance to setups which have the technological capability but do not have the economic feasibility. The approach and software features are discussed in detail in order to make it possible for any one to develop similar system if desired.