Designing a Web-Based Blood Bank Information Management System for the National Blood Bank of Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abebe, Ermias (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Betre, Mulugeta (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kebede, Gadisa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-19T13:45:51Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-29T04:57:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-19T13:45:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-29T04:57:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Many medical advances that have improved the treatment of serious illness and injuries have increased the need for blood transfusion for patients‟ survival to support them through recovery or to maintain their health. Demand for blood is driven by an array of factors that include obstetric hemorrhage, road traffic accidents, armed conflict, sickle cell disease and childhood anemia, malnutrition, Human Immune Virus (HIV), malaria, and parasitic infections. Blood bank is a place where blood is collected from donors, typed and separated into components, stored, and prepared for transfusion to recipients. The blood bank information management system is used to control and manage the overall activities performed in the blood bank centers. Objective: The main objective of this project is to design a web-based blood bank information management system for the National Blood Bank of Ethiopia. Methodology: This project is carried out at National Blood Bank Center, Addis Ababa. The project follows a design science methodology and an object oriented system analysis and design approach to analyze and design the system. In-depth interview, document review and inventory were done to analyze the existing situation. To model the analysis and design of the proposed system Unified Modeling Language (UML) modeling techniques is used and both Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTML) and Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is used to develop the system prototype. And My Structured Query Language (MySQL) database management system is used to design the prototype database. Results: All the system‟s processes and its boundary were identified and described by using use case diagram. Eight processes with their corresponding actors were identified for the system. The flow of the process were presented using activity diagrams. The object model were described by using class diagram. And finally, the system prototype was developed for the user interface testing. The results of the user interface testing shows that User test for the system prototype was done and it shows that 75% of the participants in the evaluation and testing has shown positive attitude and response for the system usability. Conclusion: This project shows only the system prototype of the blood bank information management system. The prototype can be developed through iterative process along with users‟ feedback. From the user test for the system prototype it is identified that some parts need to be improved. Recommendation: It is recommended for future researchers to implement the complete web-based blood bank information management system by enriching it with additional functionalities. Such functionality may include: integration with Smart Care, adding a knowledge based component, Short Message Service (SMS) based promotion. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14414 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Web-Based Blood Bank | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information Management System | en_US |
| dc.title | Designing a Web-Based Blood Bank Information Management System for the National Blood Bank of Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |