Using geographic information system (GIS) technology to evaluate a hospital-based mobile blood donation program.

IF 2 3区医学 Q2 HEMATOLOGY

Transfusion Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-14 DOI:10.1111/trf.18332

Kristen N Ruby, Walter H Dzik, Julia J Collins, Hongying Tang, Shawn Ela, Robert S Makar

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Abstract

Background: Geographic information system (GIS) technology is widely used in public health to track disease patterns, though its application in transfusion medicine is limited. We report the use of GIS software by a hospital-based blood donor program to examine patterns of blood drive activity.

Study design and methods: We performed a 3-year retrospective study examining our donor program's mobile drives. Esri ArcGIS Pro™ software and ArcGIS Online™ were used to create vector and choropleth maps reflecting activity by town.

Results: Sixteen thousand nine mobile whole blood donations were identified in 2021-2023. Four hundred and fifty-five mobile blood drives were hosted at 189 unique locations. Seventeen towns within or intersecting a 15-mile radius of our donation center had never been visited by our bloodmobile during the study period, with adult population sizes ranging from approximately 3000 to 53,000 representing donation opportunities. Untapped blood mobile opportunities were also identified in 33 Massachusetts towns (>700,000 adults) with nearby healthcare facilities in our hospital network.

Discussion: GIS-generated maps serve as an effective tool to identify previously successful blood donation locations and locations not yet visited by our donor program. Blood collection centers may benefit from future application of ArcGIS analysis tools to identify optimal locations for future mobile blood drives.

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利用地理信息系统（GIS）技术评估基于医院的流动献血计划。

背景：地理信息系统（GIS）技术被广泛应用于公共卫生领域，以跟踪疾病模式，但其在输血医学中的应用有限。我们报告了一个基于医院的献血者项目使用GIS软件来检查献血活动的模式。研究设计和方法：我们进行了一项为期3年的回顾性研究，检查了我们的捐赠计划的移动驱动器。使用Esri ArcGIS Pro™软件和ArcGIS Online™创建反映城镇活动的矢量和地形图。结果：2021-2023年共发现流动全血捐献1.6万例。在189个不同地点举办了455次流动献血活动。在研究期间，在我们的献血中心15英里半径内或与其相交的17个城镇从未被我们的献血车访问过，这些城镇的成年人口规模约为3000至53000人，代表着献血机会。未开发的血液流动机会也确定在33个马萨诸塞州城镇（bbb70万成年人）附近的医疗机构在我们的医院网络。讨论：gis生成的地图可以作为有效的工具来识别以前成功的献血地点和我们的献血者计划尚未访问的地点。采血中心可能会受益于ArcGIS分析工具的未来应用，以确定未来移动献血的最佳地点。

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Transfusion 医学-血液学

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

20.70%

发文量

426

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： TRANSFUSION is the foremost publication in the world for new information regarding transfusion medicine. Written by and for members of AABB and other health-care workers, TRANSFUSION reports on the latest technical advances, discusses opposing viewpoints regarding controversial issues, and presents key conference proceedings. In addition to blood banking and transfusion medicine topics, TRANSFUSION presents submissions concerning patient blood management, tissue transplantation and hematopoietic, cellular, and gene therapies.