Blood bank programs and transfusion sustainability. A serial mediating model

Abstract

Introduction: Researchers establish that the current challenges of blood safety and shortage are based on relationship between master production scheduling and blood transfusion sustainability of blood banks.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate program relationship between master production scheduling and blood transfusion sustainability through total quality management and blood production.

Methods: A survey questionnaire was adopted with staff from regional and government university teaching hospital blood banks. Simple random sampling was used to collect data from respondents. Preliminary and main data analysis was done using SPSS AMOS23.

Results: The results revealed that master production scheduling influence blood transfusion sustainability when serially mediated by total quality management and blood production with 34% variation change at 95% confidence interval. Again, the results obtained show that master production scheduling influence total quality management significantly. Furthermore, total quality management influence blood production significantly. Finally, blood production influence blood transfusion sustainability significantly.

Conclusion and recommendations: Master production scheduling program actions has a positive significant relationship with blood transfusion sustainability through total quality management and blood production programs as serial mediators. This research contributes to the management of blood banks and suggests to have a greater relational management of total quality management, blood production and master production scheduling program actions in order to achieve high levels of blood transfusion sustainability, and in general, a greater benefit for society.

Keywords: Blood bank; Blood production; Blood transfusion sustainability; Bootstrapping; Master production scheduling; Total quality management; Uganda.