A Novel Technique for Online Blood Bank Management

In today's world a number of online blood bank databases are available, however none of them offers the capability for the direct contact between the donor and the recipient. This is a major drawback particularly in cases where there is an urgent need of blood. Our work aims to overcome this communication barrier. By creating a blood bank database that contains entire details and collected from various sources like Blood banks, NSS, NGO's, hospitals and through web interface. The data collected will be maintained in a central server by a database administrator. This central database server will be associated with a Toll free number which is used to connect to the server. An new algorithm is defined based on the various parameters that needs to be accounted for, before blood transfer is done. The willingness of donor and the closeness of the donor to the place from where the call is coming are also considered for in defining this algorithm. Based on the algorithm the most eligible donor is found out. From the server, the call from the required person is routed to the eligible donor's number. Such a system considerably cut down the overheads involved in referring to a online database and then calling the donors and verifying their willingness at a time when there is a critical need for the blood.