A computerized donor processing system for a regional blood collection center.

The initial phase of a computerized on-line donor processing system was developed and demonstrated at the American National Red Cross, Washington Regional Donor Center and at bloodmobile operations. It was used for entry of donor registration information and for screening donors early in the donation procedure against a list of deferred donors. This demonstration took place with the computerized donor processing system running in parallel with the present manual operations. Since volunteer staff usually assist in the operation of most blood collection facilities, it was necessary to demonstrate that nontechnical personnel could operate the computerized system.