ORAHS2024
Abstract Submission

49. Facilities Planning at CBS to meet collection targets in the 2030’s

Contributed abstract in session TB-3: Humanitarian Logistics and Blood Supply, stream Regular talks.

Tuesday, 11:00-12:30
Room: Room S2

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. John Blake
Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University

Abstract

Following the end of COVID-19, a shift in blood donor behaviour occurred. Individuals are less likely to become donors and, if they donate, lapse more frequently. Changes in donor behaviour combined with the conversion of whole blood collection centres to dedicated plasma donation centres (PDCs) has led to a prolonged period of lower inventory at Canadian Blood Services; national stocks of red cells are lower than have previously been experienced historically.

An analysis of donor behaviour indicates that individuals are highly sensitive to distance and are less likely to be a donor the farther away from a collection site the person lives. The rapid decay for donor participation vs. distance suggests that additional donor collection opportunities (fixed or mobile) must be established if the collection targets are to be expanded. However, adding collection sites is only part of the solution. The placement of new collection centres into the CBS network will change its structure. In this presentation we discuss a model to optimize the blood supply chain in Canada for today and for the next decade.

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Status: accepted

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