Armed Blood Services Program, Bloodborne Pathogen and Donor Deferral Early Warning System

David Buczek & Associates (DB&A) is well equipped to conduct the necessary technical research to aid the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) in defining requirements for a Blood-borne Pathogen and Donor Deferral Early Warning System. The proposed Phase I research effort will accomplish the following: document data collected as a result of ASBP blood donor screening and deferral activity, and testing completed on ASBP collected blood; gather and standardize the data, and then determine baseline donor deferral and test result rates; define appropriate methods to automatically transfer, and/or manually input data into a central data repository, and the business rules that guide these processes; and develop one or more design concepts for a Blood-borne Pathogen and Donor Deferral Early Warning System. The DB&A team have direct experience working with the ASBP and understand the unique nature of the Program. They also have specific experience in managing blood program data to support management decision making. This knowledge and experience equips DB&A with the expertise needed to conduct the required technical research in an exceptional manner and sets the foundation for commercializing the resulting Blood-borne Pathogen and Donor Deferral Early Warning System research results.