System: DBSS
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Defense Blood Standard System (DBSS)
Defense Blood Standard System (DBSS) is a Department of Defense (DoD) mission critical information system that automates and standardizes the Armed Services Blood Program. The Armed Services Blood Program represents the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and provides high quality blood products and services to more than eight and a half million MHS beneficiaries.
DBSS mitigates the risk to beneficiaries of transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases. DBSS currently is used at blood donor and transfusion centers in peacetime military facilities. DBSS reduces risk of infectious disease transmission by identifying ineligible blood donors prior to blood collection. DBSS further reduces risk by quarantining blood products that contain infectious agents and by implementing automated critical control checkpoints throughout the entire process of donating, testing, labeling, shipping, and transfusing blood products. By using management reports, DBSS provides field commanders an accurate, real-time picture of the available blood supply.
The DBSS is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated, Class II Medical Device designed to handle blood collection, processing and tracking procedures, and automation of standards and safeguards for the Military Health System (MHS) blood supply. DBSS is also identified by the FDA as a Blood Establishment Software item.
The main goal of DBSS is to ensure a safe blood supply for active duty members and other MHS beneficiaries during wartime, peacetime, and contingency periods of operation. This goal is carried out through DBSS' ability to effectively reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted diseases to MHS beneficiaries by automatically identifying ineligible donors before their blood is collected.
The DBSS supports the Armed Services Blood Program Office (ASBPO) which manages the blood program for the Department of Defense (DoD), and services more than 8.7 million MHS beneficiaries.
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