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A Data Retrieval System for Blood Donor Information
Author(s) -
Holland Paul V.,
Alter Harvey J.,
Schmidt Paul J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.1965.tb01202.x
Subject(s) - desk , blood donor , medicine , population , computer science , information retrieval , operating system , environmental health , immunology
A “desk top” system for blood donor information, storage, and retrieval is described. The system can accept up to 1,000 different items of information on each of 10,000 donors. It is currently in active use for locating eligibles in a walking donor population of 2,500. It contains 80,000 items of information all of which can be searched without machine processing by laboratory personnel at any time of day or night.