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Title: | On the improvement of blood sample collection at clinical laboratories |
Author: | Grasas, Alex Ramalhinho Lourenco, Helena Pessoa, Luciana de Souza Resende, Mauricio Caballé Martín, Imma Barba Meseguer, Núria |
Others: | Universitat Pompeu Fabra Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) |
Citation: | Grasas, A., Ramalhinho, H., Pessoa, Luciana S., Resende, M., Caballé, Imma & Barba, Núria. (2014). On the improvement of blood sample collection at clinical laboratories. BMC Health Services Research, 14(). doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-12 |
Abstract: | Blood samples are usually collected daily from different collection points, such hospitals and health centers, and transported to a core laboratory for testing. This paper presents a project to improve the collection routes of two of the largest clinical laboratories in Spain. These routes must be designed in a cost-efficient manner while satisfying two important constraints: (i) two-hour time windows between collection and delivery, and (ii) vehicle capacity. |
Keywords: | blood sample transportation vehicle routing problem genetic algorithm operations research |
DOI: | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-12 |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
Issue Date: | 9-Jan-2014 |
Publication license: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Articles Articles cientÍfics |
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