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Quality Donor System™ 2004

The Quality Donor System (QDS) is a health-history self-interviewing system used to qualify blood donors. It embodies audio-visual touch-screen computer-assisted Self Interviewing (AVT-CASI) to provide a simple, multimedia experience for potential donors. Salient characteristics of QDS are:

  • Donor self interview module - audio-visual touch-screen computer assisted self interview (AVT-CASI)
  • Uses AABB Uniform Donor History Questionnaire (UDHQ) - 48 multimedia questions [Most current version]
  • Staff review module - assures completeness and consistency of donor responses and staff decisions relative to center's SOPs
  • Intuitive touch and stylus operation produces an auditable paper record
  • Scientifically proven to reduce or eliminate human errors and improve quality
  • English & Spanish languages available
  • Communicates with existing BECS. No retraining required for registration
  • Installed in four regional blood centers and one hospital blood bank
  • Over 300,000 completed donor interviews through 2004
  • FDA 510(k) cleared

 

How QDS works

QDS consists of a donor module and a staff module. The donor module is used by a blood donor to respond to the questions in the UDHQ. On completion, a blood center staff member reviews the donor's responses and enters explanatory comments using the staff module. All aberrant answers must be reviewed and commented before the system permits printing of the donor history card.

Donor interview

A staff member starts the donor on a touch-screen computer by entering the donor's blood center ID and name. The donor is then left alone, guided by a few instruction screens, to respond to written questions, suggestive photographs and audio.

         

Donor self-interview questions - Click pictures to enlarge

Staff Interview

When the donor is done, a staff member must review any responses QDS flags as aberrant, including skipped questions. Status of all responses is clear from the Donor Summary, below. Staff can then select those questions that need to be reviewed or any others.

When reviewing an individual question, staff have access to the notes and flow charts that accompany the UDHQ. An explanatory comment must be entered, along with a determination whether the response to this question is acceptable or causes a deferral.

Once all required questions have been reviewed and commented, the donor history card, with overall accept or reject status noted, can be printed and the interview is complete.

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