title: SIBAS: a blood bank information system and its 5-year implementation at Macau.
abstract: Automation systems and information technology can greatly help medical facilities to improve their working efficiency and optimize the whole workflow. This article surveys electronic information management in blood donation and transfusion service, and explores the rationale and archetype of blood bank information systems, then exemplifies a successful in-running system-Sistema Integrado de Bancos de Sangue (SIBAS), which is developed by the Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering of Macau (INESC-Macau) in cooperation with the Macau Blood Transfusion Center (CTS-Macau). Its implementation and the related lessons are briefly introduced too. In essence, this article is oriented to serve as a reference of contemporary blood bank information systems.
authors.affiliation: Institute of System and Computer Engineering of Macau, University of Macau, Block 3, 1/F, Taipa 1356, Macau. bingoon@ieee.org
authors.forename: Bing Nan
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chui Dong
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016494:Computer Security; D003199:Computer Systems; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008256:Macau; D017751:Safety Management; D012984:Software