Assignment 4: NHS Blood And Transplant Service
UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENT 4 – ROWAN LANGDON (LAN17213067)
Large data sets such as huge companies like Google to NHS hospital records to the Leather industry have similar ways of keeping huge amounts of data safe from other people’s eyes or keeping them tracked via a systematic barcode. All these data sets collect information in various ways. Their job is to keep it all protected for their customers and patients.
NHS Blood & Transplant Service (NHSBT)
The NHSBT Service has massive amounts of data in which to store; mainly due to the high volumes of donors of blood and organs. This information has to be kept classified as it holds very important scientific data and personal information like medical history, blood group, home address ect.
The way the …show more content…
When the sample is taken, like blood for example, the nurse will be check what you will be likely to donate. She will also ask you again by ensuring you fill out a donor form with every donation to see if you want any other donations. Using the barcode at this stage will help with tractability as the sample would be able to be tracked back to the start.
With blood, like in the NHSBT donations, if you want to only donate one part of your blood like platelets, the rest is pumped back into the body. This is too ensure they only hold information on your donation and it also limits the amount of waste products. Storing Information in a scientific lab
In the table below, it shows what data a science lab holds and deals with alongside the reasons to keep and who can see it. This works for all scientific areas which uphold large quantities of information.
Data type Reasons to keep Who can change/access it
COSHH records Too ensure awareness of health and safety issues with substances being used in the workplace Store technicians, ordering staff, lab technicians
Scientific data Too make sure data is passed on to the right area/place Doctors and nurses + management
Large data sets such as huge companies like Google to NHS hospital records to the Leather industry have similar ways of keeping huge amounts of data safe from other people’s eyes or keeping them tracked via a systematic barcode. All these data sets collect information in various ways. Their job is to keep it all protected for their customers and patients.
NHS Blood & Transplant Service (NHSBT)
The NHSBT Service has massive amounts of data in which to store; mainly due to the high volumes of donors of blood and organs. This information has to be kept classified as it holds very important scientific data and personal information like medical history, blood group, home address ect.
The way the …show more content…
When the sample is taken, like blood for example, the nurse will be check what you will be likely to donate. She will also ask you again by ensuring you fill out a donor form with every donation to see if you want any other donations. Using the barcode at this stage will help with tractability as the sample would be able to be tracked back to the start.
With blood, like in the NHSBT donations, if you want to only donate one part of your blood like platelets, the rest is pumped back into the body. This is too ensure they only hold information on your donation and it also limits the amount of waste products. Storing Information in a scientific lab
In the table below, it shows what data a science lab holds and deals with alongside the reasons to keep and who can see it. This works for all scientific areas which uphold large quantities of information.
Data type Reasons to keep Who can change/access it
COSHH records Too ensure awareness of health and safety issues with substances being used in the workplace Store technicians, ordering staff, lab technicians
Scientific data Too make sure data is passed on to the right area/place Doctors and nurses + management