dannounisalma/bsis

BSIS is a system to monitor blood inventory from collection to transfusion. Started as a collaboration between the Computing For Good (C4G) program at Georgia Tech and the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), the application is now maintained, developed and managed by Jembi Health Systems (JHS), in partnership with Safe Blood for Africa (SBFA) and the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC). BSIS ==== BSIS (Blood Safety Information System) was a project started at Georgia Institute of Technology as part of the Computing For Good (C4G) Program at Georgia Tech, under the name V2V (Vein to Vein). The project is now maintained by Jembi Health Systems in South Africa. # Background BSIS is a software to manage blood related information from the point of donation through testing, storage to its eventual usage in a hospital or a clinic. Handling of blood is a sensitive operation and record of movement of blood as it goes through the following chain is critical to the effective functioning of blood processing centers. This solution is primary targeted for deployment in the developing countries of Africa where much of the blood inventory tracking is done on paper. ![Lifecycle of Donated Blood] (raw.github.com) The software was developed at Georgia Tech as part of the C4G program in collaboration with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Safe Blood for Africa (SBFA) and the participating countries of Africa, and is now developed and maintained by Jembi Health Systems (JHS) in South Africa. # [Video Introduction to BSIS] (youtube.com) ## Problems related to blood supply in Africa * Unsafe blood can lead to disease transmissions * Insufficient supply of Safe Blood in hospitals point-of-care * Higher number of individuals living with HIV in Africa * Shortage of blood * Many countries of Africa depend on paper based systems to track the movement of blood through the blood processing chain [This factsheet] (who.int) from WHO discusses the problems related to blood safety and availability specifically the developing countries of Africa in greater detail. ## Challenges * Transitioning from a paper based system to a computer based system can take time and experience * Varying blood processing practices across different cou …