Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP), Blood Reserve Availability Surveillance System (BRASS)

David Buczek & Associates (DB&A) is well equipped to conduct technical research for the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) in defining requirements for a Blood Reserve Availability Surveillance System (BRASS). The proposed Phase I research effort will accomplish the following: prove the efficacy of utilizing a web-based manual data collection approach to capture ASBP blood and blood inventory data in a central data repository; define the unique policies, procedures, and restrictions that dictate the identification, transfer and use of blood and blood products inventory data from ASBP Blood Donor Centers and Transfusion Services; develop one or more BRASS system designs that creatively overcome the policy, regulatory, environmental, and technical challenges of the ASBP, and that enable the surveillance of the ASBP blood and blood products inventory for key status indicators. The DB&A team has direct experience working with the ASBP and understands the unique nature of the Program. They also have specific experience in managing blood related data to support management decision making. This combination of ASBP 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 BRASS.