to collect blood and blood product donations from the public. ABS plans to have donation centres in each
capital city and most major regional cities throughout Australia. You have been approached by ABS to
design and create a database system to track these blood donations.
ABS needs to record the details of each donor. This needs to include the donors full name and address
details, along with their contact details, gender, Medicare number and any other details that may be
pertinent.
ABS also needs to know about the medical condition of each donor or prospective donor. This includes
the details of any surgery, existing medical conditions and any medication that is being taken.
ABS also needs to know if the donor has been overseas in the last three months, which countries that
they visited, how long they stayed in each county, whether they contracted any disease while in the
country.
Based on the answers to these questions, the ABS staff will decide if it is safe to accept a blood
donation from the prospective donor. This is a decision can be made only by an ABS staff member who is
Once the ABS staff member has decided to accept a blood donation from the donor, it is necessary to
record the donor details, staff member taking the donation, ABS donation centre, and any other pertinent
details in order to clearly identify each individual blood donation.
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