Using interactive visual analytics to optimize in real-time blood products inventory at a blood bank

Jaber Rad, Jason G. Quinn, Calvino Cheng, Robert Liwski, Samina Raza Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

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Abstract

Blood products and their derivatives are perishable commodities that require an efficient inventory management to ensure both a low wastage rate and a high product availability rate. To optimize blood product inventory, blood transfusion services need to reduce wastage by avoiding outdates and improve availability of different blood products. We used advance visualization techniques to design and develop a highly interactive real-time web-based dashboard to monitor the blood product inventory and the on-going blood unit transactions in near-realtime based on analysis of transactional data. Blood transfusion staff use the dashboard to locate units with specific characteristics, investigate the lifecycle of the units, and efficiently transfer units between facilities to minimize outdates.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPublic Health and Informatics
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of MIE 2021
PublisherIOS Press
Pages223-227
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781643681856
ISBN (Print)9781643681849
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 1 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and IOS Press. All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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